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Dainty Swallowtail
The Dainty Swallowtail's osmeterium is red-orange in colour and smells strongly of citrus. The pupae are grey or brown and have green patches. They look remarkably similar to citrus ...
http://www.butterflygardening.net.au/PDFs/factsheets/DaintySwallowtail.pdf
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Zebra Swallowtail, Pawpaw butterfly, Kite Swallowtail, Ajax Eurytides ...
Larvae have an extrusible osmeterium that is coated with strongly smelling chemicals (isobutyric and 2-methyl butyric acids). When disturbed, they extrude the osmeterium and smear the ...
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN21500.pdf
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A CLOSER LOOK
Th e caterpillar also sports an osmeterium, which sort of looks like an orange snake's tongue located behind its head. When the caterpillar is threatened, the osmeterium reveals ...
http://gf.nd.gov/multimedia/ndoutdoors/issues/2008/july/docs/closer-look.pdf
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Observations of a Butterfly Gardener Loretta Lutman
The osmeterium is a "V" shaped organ behind the head. When disturbed, the osmeterium is displayed, along with emission of a foul odor. Some caterpillars "freeze", others roll into a ...
http://www.azadocents.org/conferences/1999/butterfly.pdf
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Zebra Swallowtail
Fun Facts: When threatened, the caterpillar pops out an orange gland, called an osmeterium, which releases a strong odor to repel small predators.
http://www.reimangardens.iastate.edu/documents/filelibrary/pdfs/swallowtail_052305094558.pdf
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Christina Mild
When disturbed, they extend a red, forked osmeterium from behind the head, releasing a pungent odor. Mike Heep says they give the unsuspecting person a real fright.
http://www.riodeltawild.com/JanJune2004/Polanisia%20dodecandra.pdf
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Lime Swallowtail, Chequered Swallowtail, Citrus Swallowtail Papilio ...
Osmeterium swallowtails, being either pale green or pink-brown with other variable cryptic markings. The green form is usually marked dorsally with yellow.
http://www.panhandlebutterflyhouse.org/pdf_files/swallowtails.pdf
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National Wildlife Refuge
Most caterpillars have prominent "eyespots;" all have an osmeterium, a foul-smelling forked-organ thought to repel predators. Many larvae feed on Rutaceae (citrus family) or Apiaceae ...
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/tishomingo/PDFs/Butterflybrochure09.pdf
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Butterflies of Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
Most caterpillars have prominent "eyespots;" all have an osmeterium, a foul-smelling forked-organ thought to repel predators. Many larvae feed on Rutaceae (citrus family) or Apiaceae ...
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/tishomingo/PDFs/TishNWRButterfliesFS2009.pdf
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Schaus Swallowtail, Papilio aristodemus ponceanus Schaus (Insecta ...
The osmeterium is white. Figure 3. Mature larvae of the Schaus swallowtail, Papilio aristodemus ponceanus Schaus. Credits: Jaret C. Daniels, University of Florida Pupae: The compact ...
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN69800.pdf
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