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Bev Wigney | all galleries >> Galleries >> Caterpillars > Tiger Swallowtail -- Papilio glaucus - 1
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Tiger Swallowtail -- Papilio glaucus - 1

found on an ash leaf along the old road trail near
the cabin at Mill of Kintail, Almonte area, Lanark County


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Jazzie 04-May-2010 00:01
We found something like this pictured below after cutting the lawn. It was huge, at least 5 inches long and a half inch diameter. It could "crawl" very fast, I barely got to it before it disappered into the garage! What do they eat? Are they damaging to yard shrubs and trees. Any help is appreciated.
Karen 02-Oct-2009 16:27
I found one like this but it was brown and the head was like a helmet slightly detached from the torso. Is this a different type of species and does it grow into a butterfly or a moth?
Jackie 29-Sep-2009 01:42
are they poisonius and what do they eat?
Jackie 29-Sep-2009 01:42
are they poisonius and what do they eat?
Gavin 25-Jul-2009 16:55
My son found one with orange eye like featues in Richmond,CA
What do they like to eat?
Bev Wigney07-Aug-2008 13:20
Hi Julie - Yes, I think there may be a brown variation of these -- or perhaps it's a closely related species.
Julie 07-Aug-2008 03:24
If found a caterpillar that looked like this one but brown is it the type?
mike narisi 11-Oct-2006 12:55
I found a great caterpillar yesterday here in the Arkansas Ozarks...all of my friends think that I doctored the photo...I think it is the Swallowtail caterpillar...can I send you the photo? Thanks, Mike in Parthenon, Arkansas
mike narisi 11-Oct-2006 12:54
I found a great caterpillar yesterday here in the Arkansas Ozarks...all of my friends think that I doctored the photo...I think it is the Swallowtail caterpillar...can I send you the photo? Thanks, Mike in Parthenon, Arkansas
EMangl19-Sep-2004 19:19
wow - almost unreal