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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Fluted Swallowtails (Papilionini) » Papilio » Black Swallowtail - Hodges#4159 (Papilio polyxenes) » Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterius)
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Caterpillar on wild carrot - Papilio polyxenes
Copyright © 2010 Stone Lark

Caterpillar on wild carrot - Papilio polyxenes
Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, USA
July 25, 2010
Size: 1 Inch
Looks like it might be ready to pupate. I haven't seen these before, and it didn't seem to match anything in my caterpillar guides.
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Contributed by Stone Lark on 26 July, 2010 - 10:38pm
Last updated 25 September, 2010 - 5:23pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 25 September, 2010 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2010 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

a Black Swallowtail caterpillar
or Dillworm - Papilio polyxenes asterias. Yours is about half grown, and is at the age where it is between the bird dropping look and the green barber pole look.
… David J. Ferguson, 26 July, 2010 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Excellent, thanks
I'll have to keep an eye on this patch of wild carrot to see how this creature is coming along.
… Stone Lark, 27 July, 2010 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

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