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Black Swallowtail caterpillar

Papilio polyxenes

Photo by hanvold99
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

light green with black stripes and yellow spots

Notes:

at one point there were 4 of the same caterpillars eating on the same scraggly stalk of dill...found a few more in the carrots

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PublishedAugust 15, 2011

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