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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 » Anise Swallowtail - Hodges#4167 (Papilio zelicaon) » Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon zelicaon)
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Caterpillar - Papilio zelicaon
Copyright © 2009 R. Berg

Caterpillar - Papilio zelicaon
Alameda County, California, USA
June 20, 2009
Size: 1.5 in. (3.8 cm)
Resting on Italian parsley. I thought it was a Western tiger swallowtail larva, also called the parsley caterpillar, but your photos of tiger larvae look nothing like this.

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Contributed by R. Berg on 20 June, 2009 - 11:28pm
Last updated 24 June, 2009 - 9:42am

Moved
Moved from Anise Swallowtail.
… David J. Ferguson, 24 June, 2009 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

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… Harsi S. Parker, 23 June, 2009 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

Black Swallowtail?
Check here. The range is a bit north, but the markings and host plant are right.
… John Stanard, 20 June, 2009 - 11:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Well . . .
The range info on that page includes the southwestern U.S., so that's all right, but the odd thing is that we never see adult Black Swallowtails here--and the same parsley patch had several caterpillars like this one last year. As far as I know, the only local swallowtail is the Western Tiger, and the adults are here now.
… R. Berg, 21 June, 2009 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

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