Papilio Troilus! Commission for @astanula C:
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Spicebush swallowtail butterflies on bee balm.
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Critter fact #161:
Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) caterpillars turn yellow before they pupate
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Two spicebush swallowtail butterflies (papilio troilus) flitting about some rocks.
May 29, 2023
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another baby, this picture taken yesterday.
It's now in a chrysalis on Morgana the common persimmon, but it started raining so I'll have to take an update picture tomorrow :)
[ID: A photograph of a spicebush swallowtail caterpillar held on a white hand, with another hand behind for contrast. The caterpillar is bright yellow on its body, and more orange on its head. It has dark eyespots behind its head, and rows of multiple bright blue circles with a black outline on each of its body segments. End ID.]
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U.S. Army MX-DSA-96 "Hydra" upgrade, the Mk. II "Spitting Cobra," and mobile testbed for same. Probably more cusp-singularity military technology of indeterminate purpose, and/or a contemporary alt-timeline attempt to recreate relict superciv cyborganic tech.
Deterrent chemosynthetic defensive technology developed or adapted and thence deployed by the beleaguered human inhabitants of an extrasolar colony world populated/plagued by giant horny panspermic caterpillars.
Midjourney V6
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Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus), caterpillar, family Papilionidae, Middlesex Fells Reservation, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
photograph by Jared Adelman
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Swallowtail butterflies: Colias philodice (top), Papilio polyxenes (middle), and Papilio troilus (bottom)
By: Unknown photographer
From: Natural History Magazine
1926
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who is this
Papilio troilus, spicebush swallowtail
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Shagaru Magala x Papilio troilus Butterfly, a doodle to escape so much work.
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meet my new main bugsona: a spicebush swallowtail butterfly! They’ll be my primary representation of myself and hopefully there’ll be more of them soon.
This species means a lot to me hence the choice of Papilio troilus, hope you like them!!
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Spicebush Swallowtail, Papilio troilus
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Saw this beautiful butterfly last night hiding from the rain on my friend's porch.
Spicebush swallowtail Papilio troilus
Pinellas Park, Florida
August 2022
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BUG 11, 12, 22
"AND 20 and 43. Bug"
11. favorite bug related news story you’ve seen
I can't think of any news story exactly... the only thing I can think of rn is that video of some baseball game where there was a praying mantis on one of the player's hats! That was on tv so that's close enough to a news story, right? 😅
12. best bug cryptid, fable, myth, or legend?
Ok. So I looked up "insect fables" and there's one about a cricket and an ant! We read that in french class I think :) I have no clue what it's about tho so maybe it sucks idk
22. what's a "cute" or "cool" bug you show people who are afraid of bugs?
that's never happened before BUT a really cute bug is the Wollschweber (Bombyliidae)!! Fuzzy little cuties. idk if that would help anyone with their fear of bugs, but... it is cute...
20. what's a random bug fact that you tell people whenever bugs come up in conversation?
I don't know very many bug facts (yet) :(... Um. Did you know that. if you look really closely at a bug you can see its little antennae?
43. which bugs do you think have the silliest faces?
Papilio troilus caterpillar if that counts?
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Automeris io, or Io moth (from Io the mortal lover of Zeus); Papilio troilus, or spicebush swallowtail as a caterpillar. photos of both from All Bugs Go To Kevin
me holding a truncated true katydid (Paracyrtophyllus robustus) - native to Central Texas, eater of southern live oak tree leaves, and so relaxed she did not want to leave my hand 🥹 *katydids tend to be very curious and personable. source: entomologist
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