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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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newly hatched caterpillar on orange tree - Papilio cresphontes
Copyright © 2014 thomas goss

newly hatched caterpillar on orange tree - Papilio cresphontes
Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas, USA
October 7, 2014
i thought it was a giant swallowtail until i saw all the spines

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Contributed by thomas goss on 7 October, 2014 - 10:49am
Last updated 13 October, 2014 - 7:10pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 13 October, 2014 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

thank you
thank you
… thomas goss, 7 October, 2014 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Macro
I don't have a lens that allows me this level of magnification so haven't seen the lines on the head before.
… Dave Rogers, 9 October, 2014 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

 
i usually shoot with a nikon
i usually shoot with a nikon d5200 with a sigma 150 macro with a full set of tubes which gets me about 2-1 magnification.just recently i bought a canon t3i and a mpe65,now i am learning again
… thomas goss, 9 October, 2014 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Giant swallowtail
It is a Giant swallowtail -- Heraclides cresphontes. Great photos.
… Dave Rogers, 7 October, 2014 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

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