Spicebush Swallowtail
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Description
Black. Above, males with a beautiful cloud of greenish-blue spots and dusting on the hindwing median area. Females with this area bluer.
Habitat
Deciduous woodland and edges, including non-heavily developed suburbia.
Flight Period
February through October southward, April through September northward.
Caterpillar Foodplants
Mainly Sassafras and Northern Spicebush, but also other Laurel family plants.
Other Notes
The most common "black" swallowtail of eastern deciduous woodland.
Scientific Information
