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Citrus Swallowtail Chrysalis and emerged adult

Posted by February 16th, 2007 at 1:00 am

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Apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I discovered it was the Citrus Swallowtail, my address is southern Queensland in Australia and it hatched out yesterday, see the photos i’m pleased to attach, i was so sure i’d miss the moment. How do they fit into the case, it IS a miracle./
dawn

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Hi again Dawn,
Thank you so much for the followup images of the metamorphosis of the spectacular caterpillar you sent our way on January 19. Your photos are all wonderful.

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  1. From Log In | What's That Bug? on 28 Feb 2011 at 1:50 pm

    [...] of a Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly emerging from the chrysalis, but we did get documentation of a newly emerged individual in 2007. We also located this image of a Giant Swallowtail emerging from the Chrysalis on the Science Photo [...]

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