[Ctleps-l] Giant Swallowtail larva
Grkovich, Alex
agrkovich at tmpeng.com
Sat Aug 25 07:03:51 EDT 2012
They are called osmateria, and they can emit a VERY foul smelling and pungent odor...to discourage predators...
Alex
Peabody MA
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Subject: [Ctleps-l] Giant Swallowtail larva
Here are a few photos I took of the caterpillars. When they are bothered they rear back and wave their "forked tongue" (in laymen's terms). The angrier he gets the longe and thinner it becomes . Ruthie Mohr
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