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EASTERN BLACK SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Fennel, one of their host plants.
Female Laying Eggs
Eastern Black Swallowtail eggs
Tiny Caterpillar
Young Caterpillar
Growing Caterpillar
Osmeterium
Six true legs and eight prolegs to the rear
Photo coming
Face of 5th instar Caterpillar
The Chrysalis often resembles a stick
Four colors of the Chrysalis
The chrysalis is attached with a silken girdle
Chrysalises breathe through spirales in their sides
The underside of a Black Swallowtail Female
nectaring on Butterfly Bush
Black Swallowtail Female