Snake mimicing ceterpillar ID

[Mikey]

Looks like Heraclides cresphontes the giant swallowtail.Actually the wide
end is the front of the larva.
"Mark Cassino" <cassino at net-link.net> wrote in message
news:39fe29ec$0$35019$44a10c7e at news.net-link.net...
> A few weeks ago I ran into a caterpillar that seemed to mimic a snakes
head
> at its rear end.  Here's a couple of pics:
>
> http://www.net-link.net/~cassino/caterpillar/cat01.jpg
>
> http://www.net-link.net/~cassino/caterpillar/00103002caterpillar_p.jpg
>
> (Sorry - can't the roll of film where I got the _front_ end clearly
> depicted...)
>
> I'm sure this is a common and well known creature - I'd just like to have
> the right ID for the photos.  Can anyone tell me what it is?  It was
> photographed in SW Michigan in late September.
>
> TIA -
>
> MCC
>
>
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> Mark Cassino
> Kalamazoo, MI
> cassino at markcassino.com
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