spicebush swallowtail
(Papilio troilus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| NatureServe | N4? - Apparently Secure |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Habitat |
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Deciduous woodlands and open areas near woodlands, woodland edges, fields, roadsides, yards, pine barrens, wooded swamps, and parks. |
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Biology |
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Season |
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Two broods from April to October. |
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Behavior |
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Life Cycle |
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Larva Hosts |
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In Minnesota only prickly ash. |
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Adult Food |
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Nectar from Japanese honeysuckle, spotted touch-me-not, thistle, milkweed, dogbane, sensitive plant. |
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Rare stray |
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Taxonomy |
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Order |
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) | ||
Superfamily |
Papilionoidea (butterflies) | ||
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Papilionidae (swallowtails) | ||
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Papilioninae (swallowtails) | ||
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Papilionini (fluted swallowtails) | ||
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Papilio | ||
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Common Names |
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spicebush swallowtail |
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| Papilio troilus (Spicebush Swallowtail) Allen Chartier |
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| Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly on native plants Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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| Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar (Papilio Troilus) TheLoneKnight |
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Published on Apr 14, 2012 Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar Here is the region map they live in and a list of host plants you may find the caterpillars on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_troilus Look for partially eaten leaves that have folded closed. You can find the caterpillars in those leaves on their host plant. I find mine on a small Camphor tree. This place sells them here but are restricted to sell only in Florida. |
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| Spicebush caterpillar defense RoddyAndClark |
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Uploaded on Oct 14, 2009 This Spicebush caterpillar, also known as a snake mimic because of the green coloration with large black spots which look like eyes. I tried to prod it to move off the leaf, and it decided to show its other defense: a forked tongue looking appendage. |
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| Spicebush Swallowtail TheChannelOfAnimals |
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Published on Aug 22, 2013 In this video, a spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) is shown on the ground by the East River in Guilford. This video was recorded in Guilford, Connecticut on August 4, 2013. |
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| Spicebush Swallowtail Visiting Evening Primrose - June 15, 2013 Don Gagnon |
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Published on Jun 16, 2013 Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) Gathering Nectar from Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis), Butterfly Garden, Gagnon Wildlife Habitat, Pottersville, Somerset, Massachusetts, Saturday morning, June 15, 2013, 11:16 PM / 11:19 PM / 11:21 PM / 11:25 PM / 11:26 PM - Canon PowerShot SX50 HS MVI_11337 / MVI_11338 / MVI_11345 / MVI_11352 / MVI_11373 / MVI_11374 / MVI_11375 / MVI_11376; 4:08 min. |
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| Nature Notes Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar SouthCarolinaETV |
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Uploaded on Feb 2, 2011 Naturalist Rudy Mancke shows us a Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar on a Sassafras leaf. |
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| Eric Lovett 7/22/2021 |
Location: Redwood Falls, MN It couldn't get enough of the Phlox in our pollinator garden! |
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| Melissa Dunbar 8/15/2020 |
Location: Dakota County This beautiful Spicebush swallowtail landed on my yellow zinnia in my garden yesterday |
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| Christine 6/8/2019 |
Location: Zimmerman, MN |
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| Alicia Williams 7/25/2014 |
Location: Carver County, Chaska, my yard (open field near woodland) I found what appeared to be a newly emerged Spicebush Swallowtail; its wings were still unfolding. I was able to take photos and move it to a more safe location. |
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