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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 » Black Swallowtail - Hodges#4159 (Papilio polyxenes) » Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterius)
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Black Swallowtail--Larva, head and true legs - Papilio polyxenes
Copyright © 2008 Cotinis

Black Swallowtail--Larva, head and true legs - Papilio polyxenes
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
October 6, 2007
Size: 40 mm
Detail for glossary showing head and the true, or thoracic, legs. Three spiracles are also visible. (Thanks to Tony Thomas for specifying that--see comments below.)

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Contributed by Cotinis on 4 June, 2008 - 10:16am
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 5:50pm

Moved
Moved from Black Swallowtail.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 July, 2009 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

I see 3 spiracles
1 on T1, 1 on A1, 1 on A2
… A.W. Thomas, 4 June, 2008 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

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