Caught these early this morning here in Northern Alabama having a great feast on the dill plants. I assume these to be future Monarchs or Swallowtails. Any other opinions greatly appreciated.
Anyone know how long before they become adults?
Don
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Comment posted by Dan Borzynski on July 31, 2010 at 10:08 PM
Definitely a swallowtail, probably a black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) given the coloration and host plant.
The monarchs live exclusively off of plants in the milkweed group.
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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 2, 2010 at 3:38 AM
Swallowtails. They look really hungry.
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2 commentsThe monarchs live exclusively off of plants in the milkweed group.