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Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes
Copyright © 2004 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes
Gainesville, Florida, USA
August 2, 2004
I've been finding loads of black swallowtail larvae in my herb garden on fennel, parsley and dill, so I brought a couple inside to pupate. On a green stem it makes a green pupa like this (pupated on Salvia). On a brown twig the pupa will be brown.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 7 August, 2004 - 5:47pm
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 6:20pm

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Moved from Black Swallowtail.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 July, 2009 - 6:20pm

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