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Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes
Copyright © 2005 Lloyd Spitalnik

Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes
Central Park, New York County, New York, USA
October 3, 2005

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Contributed by Lloyd Spitalnik on 6 August, 2006 - 6:34pm

Is it...
...spliting it's skin?
… ihatemoths, 7 November, 2006 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
The skin continued to split exposing more of the chrysalis, and then the shriveled skin fell to the ground. It was very interesting to watch - took about 20 min total. Sandy
… Lloyd Spitalnik, 7 November, 2006 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

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