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Black swallowtail caterpillar

Papilio polyxenes asterius

Photo by beallburton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Lots of these on my parsley late summer

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
ForestDragon
Neat find! Please add the scientific name to your spotting so it can be considered complete. Here is a link to the BugGuide page for this species that you could add as a reference, as well. http://bugguide.net/node/view/2636
LuckyLogan
Very cool find! I'd like to find a couple of these caterpillars, but it's getting really late in the year :(

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Caterpillars and larvae of the World
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Critters of the Midwest
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Iowan Biodiversity
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2014

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