Caterpillar

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Common Yellow Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) larva

(also known as Old World Swallowtail)

 

This is the caterpillar of the common Yellow Swallowtail. Click here to see how it will look like when it grows up! Found on one of its favorite plants, a fennel (Foeniculum vulgare). It is wet from this morning's rain.

 

Best viewed On Black, Large

 

This photo was featured in the flickr Explore page for half a day on October 13th. A link to it has also been featured in StartPoint.gr on the same day, in the category Photography.

 

Click here for more photos of the same species in my photostream.

 

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