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Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Papilio cresphontes

Photo by Tammy12
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Large black moth with yellow markings across the breadth of wingspan and from top of wing down middle to that line and from there to the inside of lower wing and on tips of tail of wing with red marks at base of straight edge of inside of wings

Habitat:

Feild near woods

Species ID Suggestions

Giant swallowtail

Papilio cresphontes

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Rahul Upadhyay
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