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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 » Spicebush Swallowtail - Hodges#4181 (Papilio troilus)
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Unknown Larvae - Papilio troilus
Copyright © 2012 ndhowell

Unknown Larvae - Papilio troilus
Council, NC , United States County, North Carolina, USA
May 29, 2012
Size: around 1"
I believe the plant this caterpillar is on is Chionanthus virgincus (white fringetree).
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Contributed by ndhowell on 1 June, 2012 - 10:14pm
Last updated 8 January, 2015 - 12:38am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 29 August, 2012 - 12:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 12 June, 2012 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

Swallowtail???
Many swallowtail caterpillars look similar to your photo.
… Matt Bearup, 1 June, 2012 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

How about Spicebush?
… john and jane balaban, 1 June, 2012 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Unknown Larvae
Yeah that's an exact match! Thanks! Do you know where a good site is that has photo id's of all lepidoptera in their larvae stage?
… ndhowell, 2 June, 2012 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

 
You're on about the best one!
The other good references are David Wagner's series of books and the Moth Photographer's Group website.
… john and jane balaban, 2 June, 2012 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

 
Remember these "cartoons?"
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 2 June, 2012 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

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