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Pipevine Swallowtail larva

Battus philenor

Photo by KristenGilpin
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Field Notes

Description:

Late instar larva hosting on Aristolochia trilobata

Notes:

These caterpillars are very fast moving and they tap their fleshy tubercles on the ground as they walk like a blind person with a cane.

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Pipevine swallowtail

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