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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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Caterpillar - Papilio troilus
Copyright © 2017 Rick Miller

Caterpillar - Papilio troilus
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
May 19, 2017
Size: 3 cm
Saw this today and thought it was a baby lizard head that had been chopped off or partially eaten until I looked closer. Need help with ID

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Contributed by Rick Miller on 19 May, 2017 - 12:08pm
Last updated 19 May, 2017 - 6:37pm

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… John S. Ascher, 19 May, 2017 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

Papilio troilus cat…
See reference here.
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