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Black Swallowtail caterpillar

Papilio polyxenes

Photo by lynne.warren
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Field Notes

Notes:

Eating parsley (there were a couple of them and the parsley may be gone by morning).

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Black Swallowtail

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Comments (2)
lynne.warren
I also have fennel planted for them but it looks like they prefer the parsley - I'll have to watch for the chrysalis next. Thanks!
alicelongmartin
Now you know that Parsley is a Host plant where this particular butterfly lays it's eggs. Beautiful spotting.

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