1st Instar of a Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly

3 years 10 months ago - 3 years 10 months ago #687829 by Screamin Scott
Very early instar of a Black Spicebush Swallowtail Butterly. (Papilio troilus troilus) I spotted this on my daily dog walk here yesterday in North Georgia...It was very tiny and on a Sassafrass leaf. I shot this at life size on a crop cam and did a severe crop in post.... Sorry about the spectral highlights...







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3 years 10 months ago #687928 by Lauren Grant
This is weirdly nice! 


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3 years 10 months ago #688076 by Carl Mendez
Alien-looking nice!


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3 years 10 months ago - 3 years 10 months ago #688081 by Screamin Scott
Well. the county came along and in the course of trimming the growth along the sides of the road out behind my house here in North Georgia, have cut down the Maple branch and leaves I spotted a newly hatched clutch of Rosy Maple Moth caterpillars in yesterday... Bummer as I was going back for some images of it today...They also cut down the Sassafrass tree that had the Spicebush Swallowtail cats on it and several Black-Eyed Susan plants growing wild. When they do the other side, I fear for the Passion vines...

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3 years 10 months ago #688176 by Kyle Johnson
This is awesome. Nice focus and details here. 


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3 years 9 months ago #690395 by Pitter
With a face only a mother could love. So do you have Spicebush growing in your yard? Always one of my favorite Ozark shrubs.


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3 years 9 months ago #690398 by Screamin Scott
Actually, no Spicebush but a Few Sassafras trees, which they also like.

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