Thursday, August 18, 2011

'What is It?' answered

Lynn Ray Lewis, good friend and editor extraordinaire, came to the rescue by finding a close cousin to my creature at www.butterfliesandmoths.org. It appears this larva is that of a spicebush swallowtail butterfly. Thanks, Lynn Ray. We can all rest easy now.

1 comment:

  1. Fascinating. Thank you for posting, Vince. So much can be learned, with the help of Mr Google, when one follows up on things like this. Great images and description here: http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/butterfly/st/spicebush.php

    ReplyDelete