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Spicebush swallowtail
Papilio troilus Wing span: 3 to 4 inches |
| Caterpillar hosts plants:
leaves of prickly ash, Zanthoxylum; sassafras, Sassafras; spicebush, Lindera; sweetbay, Magnolia; tulip tree, Liriodendron |
Adult food:
nectar of: azalea, Rhododendron; dogbane, Apocynum; Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera; jewelweed, Impatiens; milkweed, Asclepias; sweet pepperbush, Clethra; thistles, Cirsium |
| Habitat:
deciduous woodlands, fields, parks, pine barrens, roadsides, wooded swamps, yards |
Notes:
females lay eggs singly on underside of leaves, hibernates as chrysalis, males patrol for females, puddles |