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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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Papilio Caterpillar - Papilio troilus
Copyright © 2007 Pamela Brearley

Papilio Caterpillar - Papilio troilus
Morgan County, Indiana, USA
August 29, 2007
Size: approx. 1 1/2 inches long
I don't need an identification. It was identified yesterday. Just wanted the picture from today added to the site. It changed from bright green to yellow overnight! It was identified as a papilio caterpillar by 2 people, and i checked it out. Appears they are correct. Will turn into a beautiful spicebush swallowtail butterfly pretty soon! Hope I can see Milly flying around my yard with all the other butterflies.

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Papilio Caterpillar - Papilio troilus What type caterpillar is this? - Papilio troilus
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Contributed by Pamela Brearley on 29 August, 2007 - 5:15pm
Last updated 30 August, 2007 - 9:32pm

Cool, I had no idea they did that overnight!
I kept one for a while, but he (sadly) died. :^(
I called him Leafy, Now I have a Woolly Bear Caterpillar named after him.
… Alien, 22 November, 2007 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

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… Bobby Grizzard, 29 August, 2007 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

 
caterpillar
Thanks, I'll do that after I have dinner!
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