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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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Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar - Papilio troilus
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar - Papilio troilus
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
September 3, 2009
This looks like a fourth instar caterpillar I found in a sassafras patch.

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Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar - Papilio troilus Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar - Papilio troilus
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Contributed by tom murray on 3 September, 2009 - 8:23pm

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what a great subject. I would love to find one of those in my garden.
… Spring Hansen, 3 September, 2009 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

 
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I went looking for these caterpillars today, and had great success in a dense sassafras patch. They also like spicebush, and they hide by folding a leaf over themselves. Good luck finding one.
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