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Black Swallowtail Butterfly

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41.7948, -87.87

Field Notes

Description:

If it has blue spots it is female. If it has red spots it is a male. You can only tell the gender when it is a butterfly.

Notes:

Its caterpillars eat dill and parsley.

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PublishedJuly 8, 2014

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