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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, collage of metamorphosis, 3 stages - Papilio polyxenes - male
Copyright © 2005 Mim Eisenberg

Black swallowtail, collage of metamorphosis, 3 stages - Papilio polyxenes - Male
Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
The first image was taken on June 22; the pupa formed July 2; and the butterfly emerged on July 12, 2005
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Contributed by Mim Eisenberg on 7 October, 2005 - 10:51am
Last updated 27 January, 2010 - 9:36am

Moved
Moved from Black Swallowtail.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 July, 2009 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Papilio polyxenes asterias
Thanks, David.
… Mim Eisenberg, 8 July, 2009 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

Used glossary
This is used on the metamorphosis entry in the glossary--a really nice addition, thanks!
… Cotinis, 19 February, 2009 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

 
metamorphosis
I'm honored. Thank you.

Interestingly enough, on this very day, I coincidentally posted this same image to a thread on a Flickr group I co-administer called Super Eco. The thread discusses home gardening:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/supereco/discuss/72157614116840570/#comment72157614070305841
… Mim Eisenberg, 19 February, 2009 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

Very nice,
and it looks like a male.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 October, 2005 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

 
spotbands
Yes, it's a male. The spotbands on male Black swallowtails are wider than those on the females.
… Mim Eisenberg, 7 October, 2005 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Moving to Black Swallowtail page
this is a really nice addition.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 7 October, 2005 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
nice addition
Thank you! It was fun watching it develop over time.
… Mim Eisenberg, 7 October, 2005 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

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