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PotEmUp Fremont, CA(Zone 9a) Aug 14, 2005

Cool false eyes. Any idea what it might become?

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PotEmUp Fremont, CA(Zone 9a) Aug 14, 2005

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makshi Noblesville, IN(Zone 5a) Aug 14, 2005

Don't know what it is but it is pretty darn cute.

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 14, 2005

That is the caterpillar of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) http://bugguide.net/node/view/491/bgimage

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Joan Belfield, ND(Zone 4a) Aug 14, 2005

He is cute. Kinda looks like a little green lobster. LOL

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QueenB Shepherd, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 15, 2005

No, I am a big green, yellow-eyed snake! Fear me! Fear me, all ye birds, or I shall have to stick out my tongue and force you to smell my nasty, musty scent!

(For real, they have a bifurcated thingy that comes out from above their heads, and it STINKS!)

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Joan Belfield, ND(Zone 4a) Aug 15, 2005

LOL QueenB, you even have me scared of him now.

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trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) Aug 15, 2005

im not getting that close to smell the top of its head! ROFLOL debi

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PotEmUp Fremont, CA(Zone 9a) Aug 15, 2005

Thanks, it looks like the correct id. I like that bugguide site, very nice. I do have several birch, which I guess it must have fallen from.
Next Question:
How did it get to the West Coast?

Quoting:
Range: Eastern North America from Ontario south to Gulf coast, west to Colorado plains and central Texas.

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pirl (Arlene) Southold, NY(Zone 7a) Aug 15, 2005

Bifurcated? Are we allowed to use that language on DG?

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 15, 2005

Sorry, I should have looked at your location. Yours will be the Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus). The bugguide site did not have any caterpillar pictures for the Western, but here is a picture I found on the web. It is very like the Eastern's caterpillar. http://gallery.insect.cz/details.php?image_id=2067&l=thai

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PotEmUp Fremont, CA(Zone 9a) Aug 15, 2005

Thanks again. I did some searches and could not come up with anything like that. Interesting that it is a Checkoslovakian site with a photo of a caterpillar from Whistler, British Columbia. The internet is truly amazing.

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QueenB Shepherd, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 15, 2005

Only when I know you're going to be here, pirl!

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Zuzu Sebastopol, CA(Zone 9a) Aug 15, 2005

Amazing doesn't begin to describe it. The most informative Lewisia site I've found is in Cyrillic. Handy for me, but not that useful for most people.

Edited to explain why this is amazing: Most, if not all, Lewisias are native to the Western United States, but the Website is in Russia.



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