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Strange Texas Caterpillar - Battus philenor

Strange Texas Caterpillar - Battus philenor
Bellville area, Austin County, Texas, USA
April 21, 2013
Size: approx 2" long
The only info I have found regarding this caterpillar is on Google and that it is a crimson rose caterpillar and lives in Asia? No record of it here in Texas. Is it truly a crimson rose? I have never seen its butterfly which is a gorgeous butterfly.

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Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillar

 
Thank you very much for your
Thank you very much for your identification! Interesting that the asian crimson rose caterpillar and the pipevine swallowtail are so very similar with each producing a gorgeous butterfly.

 
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