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The lighting wasn’t the greatest, but can you I.D. these two caterpillars, photographed in the past few weeks near the Celery Farm?
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I think it is two different stages of the same (future) butterfly – The Black Swallowtail. Perhaps Second instar and adult Caterpillar?
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I think it is two different stages of the same (future) butterfly – The Black Swallowtail. Perhaps Second instar and adult Caterpillar?