#papilio

[herpsandbirds]

Common or Indian Peacock (Papilio polyctor), family Papilionidae, HP, India

photograph by rajesh kumar

[kirstysdreams]

Ekaterina Feoktistova for Papilio; 📷

[kirstydreaming]

Ekaterina Feoktistova for Papilio; 📷

[razehider]

ridiculous baby time. i always miss old world swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillars despite adults (and fennel) being just about everywhere around here so i was pretty happy to have spotted this one. where are your siblings. you look so conspicuous. why do i fucking see like three of you per year

if you're at all familiar with swallowtails you might have one specific question upon seeing these photos. the answer is yes, i did make it deploy the horns (June 6th, 2024)

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

EEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(black swallowtail caterpillar, Papilio polyxenes)

[onenicebugperday]

@bunnabi submitted: hi!

found this cute little guy today on the street and I can't tell what kind of caterpillar it is :/ it was found in [removed] (please hide my location thank u!) I love your blog so much all the bugs are so very nice indeed :3

Hello! Thank you! This is an old world swallowtail butterfly, Papilio machaon. Adults look like this:

Photo by lioneska

[phytophiliac]

Hippeastrum papilio is native to southern Brazil. It is considered endangered in its native habitat but is popular in cultivation..

[ljsbugblog]

One of my favourite Australian butterflies! Very common in leafy suburbs and bushland alike.

Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio aegeus), on Coastal Rosemary (Westringia fruticosa).

[kararadaygum]

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[herpsandbirds]

Ulysses Swallowtail (Papilio ulysses), family Papilionidae, QLD, Australia

photograph by Kai

[kirstysdreams]

Papilio 👗

[kirstydreaming]

Ekaterina Feoktistova for Papilio

📷 Yakovlev Andrey

[razehider]

bonus footage of the child eating. you'll have to excuse the shaky cam, there was a fly on my face that i had completely forgotten about but it immediately came back to me as soon as i heard the buzz, that mocking cry of my nemesis, who is probably dead by now since this video is a month old. my life is better for it

[briery]

Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly larva (Papilio troilus). By Colleen Prieto on Flickr. (Hi-Res).

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

You know you are chonk when you eat so much that the stem you are standing on collapses. Good luck to these two black swallowtail cats who found a rogue bronze fennel in my raised bed and went to town on it! I wish you a speedy transition to pupation and adulthood!!

[onenicebugperday]

@nekoshikai submitted: I've been to a butterfly display recently and took a lot of buggy pics! There weren't many ids tho so I just enjoyed the colors (I live in middle/northern Italy if you want to give some IDs ;D)

There was also a big boi sunbathing and I'm pretty sure I caught some buggy sexy times

I love them all! Including the lizard who can be a honorary bug. These fellas are not native to Italy. The first one looks like an Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) or similar. The second appears to be a tailed jay (Graphium agamemnon), and the last three photos of butterflies are all swallowtails (Papilio sp.). The first looks like a common mormon, but not sure on the others. I hope the ones mating made lots of babies, though!