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Caterpillar of black swallowtail butterfly

Papilio polyxenes

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Field Notes

Description:

And here is the first part of the process. I found many of this caterpillars eating my parsley, I was amazed by the color and patterns.

Habitat:

Apparently sometimes they have orange bright tentacles on the head to scare away predators.
They feed on carrots and citruses families and also parsley.

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Wow that's really cool keep up the good work!
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PublishedAugust 28, 2011

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