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Eastern black swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes asterius

Photo by traymun999
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Bright green, yellow and black caterpillar.

Habitat:

Near beach

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillar

Papilio polyxenes

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Dan Doucette
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Comments (2)
Dan Doucette
I spotted the same just last week. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7008386
Latimeria
Definitely not a monarch caterpillar; a monarch caterpillar looks like this: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1135040

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PublishedFebruary 23, 2011

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