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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Papilio » Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) » Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon zelicaon)
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Garden Pest - Papilio zelicaon
Copyright © 2007 josephcka

Garden Pest - Papilio zelicaon
San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
July 1, 2007
Size: 60mm
Caterpillar found in our tomato garden
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Contributed by josephcka on 1 July, 2007 - 2:41pm
Last updated 4 June, 2009 - 6:40pm

Moved
Moved from Anise Swallowtail.
… David J. Ferguson, 4 June, 2009 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Papilio zelicaon
This is what it has to be, based on location and markings.
… David J. Ferguson, 12 November, 2008 - 1:36am login or register to post comments

Given your location...
...it's probably a full-grown larva of an anise swallowtail, which has crawled onto your tomatoes looking for a place to pupate.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/28235
… Domingo Zungri, 1 July, 2007 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

Garden Pest
This looks like it will be a Black Swallowtail Butterfly. They will not hurt your tomatoes. They live on parsley. fennel and dill in the garden.
… Suzanne Koglin, 1 July, 2007 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you .I have placed it b
thank you .I have placed it back in the garden.
… josephcka, 1 July, 2007 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

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