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Polydamus Swallowtail Caterpillars
Battus polydamus
27.0998, -82.4543
Field Notes
Description:
I have never seen the caterpillars consume the Pipevine Flower before. You can actually see the pipe behind the flower as they have consumed most of the petal. I wonder if the Butterfly might be slightly lavender instead of black.
Habitat:
On my pipevine wall in my Florida butterfly garden
Notes:
Look carefully on the third picture for smaller caterpillars near the top. Within two days I had no blooming flowers left, not even the pipe so it is obvious the parents were laying the eggs directly on the flowers.
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