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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 Caterpillar with yellow spots - Papilio polyxenes
Copyright © 2005 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Black Caterpillar with yellow spots - Papilio polyxenes
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 9, 2005
Size: 1 inch approx.
It's shedding it's skin right now-after I took this-and now it's got orange horns that pop out when it's annoyed but it's not much bigger. I'll take photos when it's done shedding.

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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 11 October, 2005 - 9:42pm
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 6:11pm

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

Moved
Moved from Papilio.
… David J. Ferguson, 12 November, 2008 - 1:13am login or register to post comments

swallowtail - Papilio
maybe this one What plant is it on? has a cartoon that explains those orange horns.
… john and jane balaban, 11 October, 2005 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

 
I suspected that might be one
I suspected that might be one of those-but I've never seen the caterpillars here-only the butterflies.

very cool!

thanks!! ^_^

Jo
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 11 October, 2005 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

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