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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Eurytides » Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
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Zebra Swallowtail Caterpillar - Eurytides marcellus
Copyright © 2006 Sharon

Zebra Swallowtail Caterpillar - Eurytides marcellus
Tavares, Lake County, Florida, USA
April 26, 2006
Size: 3/4" approx
saw a zebra swallowtail laying eggs on this paw paw plant a few weeks ago.
At that time I also saw the green caterpillar
Came back today and found this baby black Zebra.
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Contributed by Sharon on 26 April, 2006 - 4:30pm
Last updated 1 May, 2006 - 12:10pm

It sounds to us that you are saying
that these two images are not of the same individual and were not even photographed at the same time. We will unlink them since BugGuide reserves LINK for multiple images of the same individual, and add a thumbnail into the text. See what you think. You will have to fix the dates and sizes on the green image. Thanks for this comparison! Great images
… john and jane balaban, 26 April, 2006 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Zebra Swallowtail Caterpillar
makes sense..
I went back changed the info.
Thanks!
… Sharon, 26 April, 2006 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved to guide
this black one is new to me. but Wagner(1) says "largely black forms do occur."
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 1 May, 2006 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Black larvae
I was reading in "florida butterfly gardening" by Marc & Maria Minno that "young larvae are black."
… Sharon, 12 January, 2007 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
I will add more info on larval forms to the guide page. At .75" though, I don't believe this particular specimen would qualify as a "young" larva.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 13 January, 2007 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

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