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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaClass=Insecta Order=LepidopteraFamily=SphingidaeGenus=AgriusSpecies=convolvuliBinomial name=Agrius convolvuli Common name=Convolvulus Hawk-moth Female
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Danaus plexippus. Photographed at the National Museum of Natural History's Butterfly Garden. Photographer: Dexter Hinckley.
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On Virginia Snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria. The eggs are just under one millimeter in diameter, based on measurements I have made previously.These were on the underside of a stem, mostly, and I had to bend the plant over to get to them. I tried various backgrounds, but felt the dark of a distant background (flash lighting the foreground) accentuated the shape of the eggs the best.Pcca20080710-3513a
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Just hatched in my lab at school
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Nakhon Nayok, Thailand
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Barthelemy, Cayenne, French Guiana
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This female Pipevine Swallowtail came into my yard and made some efforts to oviposit on my Virginia Snakeroot (Aristolochia serpentaria). This was on May 25. I could only find one egg among the several plants on which it stopped (not this one) and the caterpillar did not emerge until June 1--see adjacent photo.Pcca20080525-1881a
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Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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La Mesa, California, United States
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Freshly-laid eggs of Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor on Virginia Snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria. The eggs are about 0.9 mm in diameter, and this was the highest magnification I could get--lens was set to 4X, and the final magnification on the browsing size image is about 40X. Funny, I've seen the eggs several times, and they always appeared smooth to me.I'm happy with the photo, but it was difficult to get the color balance just right at this magnification--I may correct this in the future.Battus_philenorPCCA20070802-5165A
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Ravensbourne, Queensland, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia