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Eating Machine - _TNY_9547

My mother-in-law keeps the purple angelica (Angelica gigas), alson known as Korean angelica or dangquai for the spectacular flowers, but after finding out that it is a host plant for the common yellow swallowtail (Papilio machaon) and noticing the magnificient green catepillars, she cherishes them even more.

 

The large caterpillars eat quite a lot though and can devour entire leaves off the plant even though the leaves are really large.

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Uploaded on June 3, 2019
Taken on July 26, 2016