Eastern black swallowtail butterfly: Egg, day 1

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Creator: Kathryn Walbert

Date created: June 13, 2008
License: This photograph copyright ©2008. All Rights Reserved

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The world of a butterfly: The transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is one of nature's most amazing feats. These photographs show the development of an eastern black swallowtail butterfly from egg to larva to chrysalis to adult. (Page 1)

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butterfly egg in parsley

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The egg of an eastern black swallowtail butterfly (Papilo polyxenes) shortly after it has been laid. The leaves are parsley, which is one of a few plants eaten by the larva.

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