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Interesting swallowtail caterpillar


Interesting swallowtail caterpillar

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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oh i liked him! looks like a cuddly caterpillar to me!

10 Feb, 2013

 

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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