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Black Caterpillar (Eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillar)

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Eeerie
by: Peggy

One of these fell out of a tree onto my husband's shoulder. When we poked him/her, it's tongue came out. Really eerie. We put it in a jar and it was dead by morning. Glad we got pictures of it.
wow
by: Anonymous

Just found one of these on a trip yesterday. I was very intrigued..Had never seen anything like it
found one
by: molly

i just found one on my sidewalk it looks like it has fake eyes
North Shore of Lake Huron
by: Jo-Anne

We found this caterpillar climbing our door screen. We didn't know that this caterpillar was able to live this far north.
Eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillar
by: Moni

Courtney
Your caterpillar is the last stage of this caterpillar before it turns in to a pupa then into a tiger swallowtail butterfly.
These caterpillars look like bird droppings in the first few instars or stages, then as they mature they look like the one you saw but green with eyes, then as they get ready to pupate they darken.
This caterpillar feeds on Magnolia, black cherry, and tulip tree. The butterflies feed on nectar from a variety of flowers.
Here are some photos of the other stages of the caterpillar and the butterfly - http://bugguide.net/node/view/491/bgimage

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