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Caterpillar - Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes
Copyright © 2012 John Holland

Caterpillar - Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes
Plano, Collin County, Texas, USA
August 2, 2012
I believe that this caterpillar is from the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly. I have been trying to photo-document the development process from the eggs to the emergence of the butterfly. The caterpillar is on my citrus tree (mandarin orange). (ID corrected - 06 Aug 12)

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Contributed by John Holland on 6 August, 2012 - 3:06pm
Last updated 6 August, 2012 - 5:41pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 6 August, 2012 - 5:02pm

On your citrus tree
should make it cresphontes instead
… john and jane balaban, 6 August, 2012 - 4:34pm

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