Eastern black swallowtail butterfly: Third larval instar

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Creator: Kathryn Walbert

Date created: June 23, 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 8)

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In its third instar (growth stage), the eastern black swallowtail caterpillar takes on its familiar black and green stripes and yellow eye spots.

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