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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Papilio » Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
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caterpillar on orange bush - Papilio cresphontes
Copyright © 2009 vanparker

caterpillar on orange bush - Papilio cresphontes
Houston,Texas USA, Harris County, Texas, USA
October 24, 2009
Size: 2"

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Contributed by vanparker on 24 October, 2009 - 12:42pm
Last updated 27 October, 2009 - 11:50am

Date
Please click "edit" and enter the date you took the pictures. Thanks.
… John R. Maxwell, 24 October, 2009 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 24 October, 2009 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

caterpillar
I'm thinking it might be a Giant Swallowtail caterpillar but wait for another opinion.
… Ilona L., 24 October, 2009 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

 
there is no other likely option
for the Houston area.
… David J. Ferguson, 24 October, 2009 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

Giant Swallowtail cat i think
Papilio cresphontes, but wait for 2nd opinion. I'm not positive.

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… Andrew Williams, 24 October, 2009 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

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