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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Papilio glaucus

Please be avised that just enough food is supplied for your caterpillars for the shipment to you. They will need immediate food. Make certain you have the insecticide free host plant available. Shady Oak Butterfly Farm sells most of these host plants as well as Painted Lady Artificial Diet.
Hostplant
Tulip Poplar
Hostplant
Sweet Bay
Information on Rearing
Butterflies from Eggs
Information on Rearing
Butterflies from caterpillars
Buy Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillars below.
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An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) green egg on a Tulip Poplar leaf.
A closer view of an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) green egg.
A Tiger Swallowtail egg on Tulip Poplar, a host plant.
Close view of an egg.
A dead Eastern Tiger Swallowtail gives a glimpse of eggs waiting to be laid.
A dead Eastern Tiger Swallowtail gives a glimpse of eggs waiting to be laid.
A dead female partly eaten, found in the garden.
A closer view shows the eggs waiting to be laid.
A small Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) butterfly larva caterpillar.
A small Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) butterfly caterpillar.
Small Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar.
Slightly larger caterpillar on Wild Black Cherry.
A late instar green caterpillar larva of Easter Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) butterfly.
A black form female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) butterfly drinking from porterweed.
A larger caterpillar has fake eyes.
Its head is to the right,
below the yellow line
on the caterpillar.

A Tiger Swallowtail; black form.
Either yellow or black form females may come
from either yellow or black form females.