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Black swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Photo by auntnance123
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Field Notes

Notes:

This is the butterfly that emerged from the chrysalis previously posted: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5957022 and the previously posted catepillar http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5939388.
The second picture is immediately after it it dropped from the chrysalis (I have awful fuzzy video of it emerging; and I'm having a problem uploading the progressive pictures as it dried.)

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Black Swallowtail

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Comments (2)
auntnance123
I got incredibly lucky and just happened to stop by to see the friend whose garden I originally found the catepillars.
HemaShah
simply amazing! What an experience for you to see it emerge!
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PublishedMay 7, 2011

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