Subject: What is this bug
Location: Rockport South Texas
August 13, 2012 5:29 pm
We found this bug next to the front door in Rockport, Texas. Can you tell us what it is?
Signature: I don’t care
Dear I don’t care,
This is the caterpillar of a Pipevine Swallowtail. It is a very distinctive caterpillar and it is highly unlikely that it would be confused with any other caterpillar except possibly its close relative the Polydamus Swallowtail.
We have several of those at our ranch in our grasslands.