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Eastern black swallowtail butterfly: Second larval instar

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Kathryn Walbert
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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 7)

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butterfly larva

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The larva clings to the stem of a parsley plant. Although butterfly and moth caterpillars appear to have many legs, as insects, they have only six true legs — visible here just behind the larva’s head.