Pic of the Day 8 April, 2008
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posted by jroth777 @ 4/11/2008 02:08:00 pm
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Random notes, photos and musings from the "Land Down Under". Lame and self-serving I know, but a good way to keep you all updated as I'll never be any good at emailing.
11 April, 2008
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1 Comments:
great photo and a relatively easy id.
It is called, so I gather, a Dainty Swallowtail, "Papilio anactus"
(Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Or if it is eating your citrus tree it can be called: Small citrus butterfly.
By the way, in taxonomy the species name is always followed in parenthesis by (ORDER: FAMILY)names.
I new right away your larva was in the family Papilionidae since it had 'osmetarium', which are those orange bifurcating glands behind its head. these smell awful and are used for defense. nice picture jacko!! keep up snapping those hexapods and i will do my best with those educated guesses for my ids.
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