Swallowtail butterfly metamorphosis

smGVA_MSC_4r9594_g Egg of Swallowtail butterfly turning yellowish-brownish as it matures, Ovronnaz, Valais, Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_4r0105_g Tiny newly-emerged swallowtail caterpillar eating the eggshells as its first meal after hatching, Ovronnaz, Valais, Switzerland
feeding2 Raupe des Schwalbenschwanz Schmetterlings (Papilio machaon) frisst Fenchelblätter, Schweiz / Larva of Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) feeding on fennel...
feeding3 Raupe des Schwalbenschwanz Schmetterlings (Papilio machaon) frisst Fenchelblätter, Schweiz / Larva of Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) feeding on fennel...
molting_machaon Molting of an Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar, Switzerland
bottom_attachment Caterpillar of an Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) weaving before metamorphosis a silk pad to attach the abdominal (hind) end of the pupa (cremaster) to...
belt Caterpillar of Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) weaving silk girdle attachment preparing for pupation, Switzerland
pupating_machaon Pupating of an Old World swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio machaon), Switzerland
hatching_machaon_neu Hatching of an Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu4453_g Larva of Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) feeding on fennel leaves, Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu5510_g Larva of Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) feeding on fennel leaves, Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu5533_g Larva of Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) feeding on fennel leaves, Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu4690_g Freshly moltes larva of an Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar besides the shed larva skin, Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu4922_g Freshly moltes larva of an Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar besides the shed larva skin, Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu5358_g Two larva of Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) side-by-side, Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu4853_g Larva of Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) on fennel, one of its food plants ,Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu6742_g Caterpillar of Old World swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) weaving silk girdle attachment preparing for pupation, Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu5377_g Caterpillar of Old World swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) having attached itself with a silk girdlet to a branch preparing for pupation, Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu5580_g Beginning of the pupation process of an Old World swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio machaon), Switzerland
smGVA_MSC_cu5585_g Pupating of an Old World swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio machaon), Switzerland

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