Re: Giant swallowtail butterflies

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Giant swallowtail butterflies
• From: james singer i*@verizon.net
• Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:09:06 -0400
• In-reply-to: 20060711234606.GA1109@mallorn.com
• References: 20060711234606.GA1109@mallorn.com

Cool.

On Jul 11, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:

While trimming some branches to fill the yard waste bag for tomorrow's
pickup I noticed several large, black and white caterpillars lying
atop a gas plant much smaller than I remember.

I raced inside to look them up and learned that these are "giant swallowtail
butterfly" caterpillars:

http://hort.net/+13r9

Guess I'll leave them! I think the gas plant will survive. :)

Chris

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Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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