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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 » Anise Swallowtail - Hodges#4167 (Papilio zelicaon) » Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon zelicaon)
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Just eclosed - Papilio zelicaon
Copyright © 2012 R. Berg

Just eclosed - Papilio zelicaon
Alameda County, California, USA
April 16, 2012
Seconds after leaving its pupal shell, this butterfly had climbed to a branch a few inches away and started exercising its proboscis. A bit of the shell had lodged on the proboscis and seemed to prevent the distal portions of the halves from joining. Time: 9:58 a.m.

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Contributed by R. Berg on 16 April, 2012 - 2:09pm

Outstanding!
Glad I happened upon this.
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 13 November, 2020 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much
Eight years old and still getting new views. Thanks for commenting!

Happening upon the event in real life is quite something, too.
… R. Berg, 13 November, 2020 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

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