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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
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Chrysolis -any ideas? - Papilio
Copyright © 2012 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Chrysolis -any ideas? - Papilio
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
March 7, 2012
Size: about an inch

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Chrysolis -any ideas? - Papilio Chrysolis -any ideas? - Papilio Chrysolis -any ideas? - Papilio
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 7 March, 2012 - 5:56pm

It is a Tiger Swallowtail,
and looks like probably an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail to me (Papilio glaucus. I don't know if you have Canadian Tigers in Carbon County (it's not unlikely), but I think the chrysalis is usually a little smoother looking in that species.

I'm guessing a little bigger than an inch (maybe an inch and a half or so) unless your hand is very small?
… David J. Ferguson, 10 March, 2012 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

 
My hand actually is pretty sm
My hand actually is pretty small.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 10 March, 2012 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 7 March, 2012 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

618784
Definitely swallowtail. Most likely Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes asterius
… Dave Rogers, 7 March, 2012 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Okay I moved it to the Genus
Okay I moved it to the Genus until I find out for sure. :3 Thanks!
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 7 March, 2012 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

Maybe a swallowtail
… metrioptera, 7 March, 2012 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! That was my though-gu
Thanks! That was my though-guess I'll wait and see :3 It is alive-so I collected it.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 7 March, 2012 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

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