Early instar black swallowtail caterpillar ( Papilio polyxenes ) by Fletcher Wildlife Garden

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25-JULY-2011	Christine Hanrahan

Early instar black swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio polyxenes)

Although I haven't seen any adult black swallowtails at the FWG, they have clearly been around! Today I found 7 caterpillars. All were on the wild parsnip plant (Pastinaca sativa). Five were tiny, like this one, early instars, and two were very large, and thus late instars. It is the most I have seen at the FWG at one time and was encouraging. I hope they all survive!

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