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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 » Eastern Giant Swallowtail - Hodges#4170 (Papilio cresphontes)
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Brown & Cream Colored Caterpillar - Papilio cresphontes
Copyright © 2013 Mardon Erbland

Brown & Cream Colored Caterpillar - Papilio cresphontes
N47° 39' 16.21 W52° 44' 17.27, Torbay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 23, 2013
Size: 3mm length
Found on a grapefruit tree. My son grew the tree from a seed that he got in a regular grocery store grapefruit. The tree is now 13 years old. The tree is kept indoors in the winter and put outdoors in the summer. It's currently outdoors.

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 24 July, 2013 - 5:20am
Last updated 22 August, 2013 - 9:35pm

looks like a southern visitor found your tree
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 22 August, 2013 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2013 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

this looks a swallowtail caterpillar
and the one who eats citrus that I know of the giant swallowtail, and it looks like one to me.. I think you may of just extended the range..i'd keep a tab on it.
… Edna Woodward, 24 July, 2013 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

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