#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]

i've posted a lot of old world swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillars without giving the adults a lot of attention because they're a pain in the ass to get close to so i'd like to give a shout out to the calmest one i've ever met. not at all a rare find but pretty rare circumstances. like if you found a cloud that you could just walk up to somehow

i even grabbed its plant for literally no reason other than to prove a point

(August 19th, 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..

[faguscarolinensis]

Papilio polyxenes on Zizia aurea / Black Swallowtail on Golden Alexanders

[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).

[briery]

Spicebush larva with osmeterium displayed When these caterpillars are confronted an orange forked gland flicks in and out like a tongue and secretes nasty smelling material. By John Flannery on Flickr. (Hi-Res).

[herpsandbirds]

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

photograph by Kai

[kirstysdreams]

Papilio 👗

[kirstydreaming]

Ekaterina Feoktistova for Papilio

📷 Yakovlev Andrey

[kararadaygum]

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[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!!

[turtleplushi]

An art dump? With an animation AND designs for an au I haven't even mentioned in months? Impossible