My Nemesis Caterpillar - first post

[jeffnles1]

First post on the forum. My Nemesis caterpillar - spicebush swallowtail. I like the snake "mimic". This one is yellow which means it is preparing to pupate. I've been trying for the past 2 years to find one of these and get a photo finally managed this weekend.

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[Callie]

he is beautiful!

 

[jeffnles1]

he is beautiful!

Thanks. Here is the green state before they are ready to pupate. There is quite a bit of variation from one specimen to another. So glad I finally got to get photos of 2 of them on the same day.

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[Callie]

Nice, I want to recall the green eating machine but have never seen his elevated golden orange self!