Interesting swallowtail caterpillar
By Klahanie
- 10 Feb, 2013
- 7 likes
Obviously it sucked the life out of that leave.
Ugly enough to be in horror movies. I do not expect to have too many "likes" on this picture
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Ha ha Sticki , but I have found it interesting (huge). Interesting markings. The leaf is of an avocado tree.
10 Feb, 2013
Is it a chrysallis of some kind , Klahanie ?
I wonder what the adult is like .
10 Feb, 2013
bet it turns into an amazing moth
10 Feb, 2013
I have no idea what it is Driad. It would be interesting to know what it will turn into, Sticki.
It was over 2 inched long . It had also interesting markings around the eyes. I will try to google, maybe I can find it.
10 Feb, 2013
is this him?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_i4-zxlkvo
10 Feb, 2013
Oh Sticki, very similar just different markings and he did not bother to show me his antenas. You found it very quickly. The one in the video is sort of cute.
Tiger Swallowtail they say. I did not know (think) that swallowtails are so large.
10 Feb, 2013
there were one or two swallowtails on google images that looked similar ~ some had the markings on. one photo looked exactly the same but annoyingly it wasnt named!
10 Feb, 2013
Thanks Sticki for looking it up. Making me smarter :-)
11 Feb, 2013
i still cant find an exact match
11 Feb, 2013
A swallowtail is a good start. I will wonder around the internet as well to see if I can spot it. Now that I know it is not a slug of sort I like it little better :-)
Do you still have snow around?
11 Feb, 2013
yes there is about 2 inches of it all over my garden but the roads are ok, its not freezing ~ feels cold enough though!
11 Feb, 2013
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oh i liked him! looks like a cuddly caterpillar to me!
10 Feb, 2013