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Monarch butterflies flying and sipping nectar from milkweed flowers. The adult's wingspan ranges from 8.9 to 10.2 centimetres (3.5 to 4.0 in). [11] The upper sides of the wings are tawny orange, the veins and margins are black, and two series of small white spots occur in the margins. Monarch forewings also have a few orange spots near their tips.
It has been observed with the following color variants of its transverse stripes: blue, green, yellow, white, and blackish brown. [4] The head is black with white rings. [7] The caterpillar lacks spines, and there is no hair on its body. [16] Size comparison between a queen caterpillar, a monarch caterpillar and a black swallowtail caterpillar.
Chermock & R. Chermock, 1945. The eastern giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) is the largest butterfly in North America. [ 2 ] It is abundant through many parts of eastern North America; populations from western North America and down into Panama are now (as of 2014) considered to belong to a different species, Papilio rumiko. [ 3 ]
A Monarch caterpillar munching on a milkweed leaf. The milkweed tussock moth (Euchaetes egle) is native to this area. Its range in the U.S. extends from Maine to Minnesota, south to Florida and ...
Papilio polyxenes, the (eastern) black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, [4] is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. An extremely similar-appearing species, Papilio joanae , occurs in the Ozark Mountains region, but it appears to be closely related to Papilio machaon , rather than P. polyxenes .
Often have 'tails' on wings; caterpillar generates foul taste with osmeterium organ; pupa supported by silk girdle: Pieridae: Whites and allies: Mostly white, yellow or orange; some serious pests of Brassica; pupa supported by silk girdle: Riodinidae: Metalmarks: Often have metallic spots on wings; often conspicuously coloured with black ...
This polymorphism is seen in Papilio dardanus, the African swallowtail butterfly, whose females have three different morphs for wing color pattern: a black-and-white pattern for Batesian mimicry, a black-and-yellow pattern that resembles the males of the species, and a pattern with orange patches that resembles the elderly males of the species ...
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar feeding on an unopened seed pod of swamp milkweed. Caterpillars (/ ˈkætərpɪlər / KAT-ər-pil-ər) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the ...