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: No positives 1 neutral No negatives Regional... This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Vincent, Alabama Cabot, Arkansas Deer, Arkansas Marion, Arkansas Lutz, Florida Palm Harbor, Florida Port Orange, Florida Sebring, Florida Brunswick, Georgia Galva, Illinois Cannon Falls, Minnesota Ozark, Missouri Hudson, New Hampshire Marlton, New Jersey Chapel Hill, North Carolina Cincinnati, Ohio Monroe, Ohio Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Alexandria, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Crossville, Tennessee Houston, Texas Ruther Glen, Virginia Liberty, West Virginia Milwaukee, 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.

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