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Black swallowtail catepillar

Papilio polyxenes asterius

Photo by auntnance123
Published on Project Noah
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28.3861, -80.742

Field Notes

Habitat:

spotted in the garden of a friend's granddaughter on parsley and dill

Notes:

She was so excited to show me; and so full of questions: Do they bite?, Can I hold one? When will they be butterflies?...
(Man, I love preschoolers!)

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Comments (1)
Carolina
That's so sweet! Really cool photographs!

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Earth Week 2011
Photographed
PublishedApril 23, 2011

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