Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)

Order: Lepidoptera (le-pid-OP-ter-a) (Info) Family: Papilionidae (pap-ill-lee-ON-ih-dee) (Info) Genus: Papilio (pap-ILL-ee-oh) (Info) Species: troilus Profile: 1 positive 1 neutral No negatives Regional... This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Mobile, Alabama Vincent, Alabama Cabot, Arkansas Deer, Arkansas Marion, Arkansas Citrus Park, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Lutz, Florida Port Orange, Florida Saint George, Florida Sebring, Florida Brunswick, Georgia Galva, Illinois Irvine, Kentucky Port Vincent, Louisiana Miesville, Minnesota Wiggins, Mississippi Ozark, Missouri Hudson, New Hampshire Marlton, New Jersey Chapel Hill, North Carolina Elizabeth City, North Carolina Pinnacle, North Carolina Bowling Green, Ohio Cherry Grove, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Fruit Hill, Ohio Monroe, Ohio Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Alexandria, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania Crossville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Fulshear, Texas Houston, Texas Ruther Glen, Virginia Liberty, West Virginia West Allis, Wisconsin Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Neutral iamkaym On Aug 20, 2008, iamkaym from Port Orange, FL wrote: I am changing my Florida garden to Natives and one of the trees I transplanted this Spring was a young sassafras. In July I noticed that one of the leaves was curled, showing the silvery underside. Carefully, I peeled it open and found a brown caterpillar with large "eye" markings like that of a Spicebush Swallowtail. This was an early stage. In a few days the caterpillar was much larger and had the typical green and yellow coloration. Other leaves on the twig had parts of their edges missing; the caterpillar had been feeding when not hiding in its leaf nest. I did not see it turn to the clear yellow stage before pupating. One day it was gone. A week or so later I saw a black and silver butterfly in the same area; I'd like to think it was the former caterpillar. Positive tabasco On May 26, 2009, tabasco from Cincinnati (Anderson Twp), OH (Zone 6a) wrote: In our region of Ohio/Indiana/Ky the Spicebush ST uses both the Spicebush and the Sassafras for oviposting. We have both plants in our woods (along with some laurels) and around the second week in August we begin to see Spicebush ST regularly visiting our nectar garden. Their first springtime 'flight' occurs around mid-May in Ohio.

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