Swallowtail Butterflies

It lives up to 5-7 months.

Compared to other butterfly species, black swallowtail butterflies live long lives. As long as they avoid predators and are able to obtain food, they can live for up to a year.

simple they eat Parsley, Fennel and Dill

Amphibians such as lizards, birds, and spiders are three main predators of the swallowtail butterfly [Papilionidae family]. A fourth main predator may be humans. Humans become butterfly predators in three main ways. They're predatory as children before realizing that butterflies aren't playthings or toys. They're predatory as collectors. They're predatory as developers, home gardeners and landscapers before realizing the importance of natural habitat protection.

Over 9000 crysalis habitation time units

no sorry why?

Adult butterflies do not eat flowers; they eat the nectar produced by the flowers. Only the caterpillars eat the leaves and stems of certain plants. In the case of the Black Swallowtail butterfly, the adults will feed on nectar from most any flower that produces nectar including milkweed, red clover and thistles. The caterpillars feed on the leaves and stems of many plants in the carrot family such as dill, parsley, Queen Anne's Lace and others.

It can be found in the garden of the brothel that LUVhistory2010 works at also in hawaii

Butterflies feed in the early morning and late afternoon. However, they also need a certain amount of warmth in order to be able to fly, so in cooler climates, they wait until later in the day to do their feeding.

100 eggs every year

they are colorfull and they flutter when they fly

Butterflies appeared sometime near the cretaceous period, which is around 146-65 mya. This is when insects started to become more developed.

Swallow's eggs can be a variety of colors. Often an off white with black/brown spots. But they can be pure white, eggshell blue or pink. Sometimes these colors are spotted other times not.

There needs to be a captive breeding program of this species,ive not been able to find info on what its plant of choice is,but im sure the ruteacae family is worth trying as a captive breeding attempt

A caterpillar is the larval form of a lepidopteran (a member of the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).

Caterpillars are characterized by their long segmented bodies and many sets of "legs". They eat voracious leaf eaters and grow rapidly, During growth the caterpillar will shed its skin four to five times before pupating into its adult form.

Caterpillars have six true legs (being hexapods) on the thorax, up to four pairs of prolegs on the middle segments of the abdomen, and sometimes a single pair of prolegs on the last abdominal segment. The sawfly larva (Hymenoptera) superficially resembles a caterpillar, but can usually be distinguished because the caterpillar has a gap between true legs and prolegs, whereas the sawfly does not. Another difference is that lepidopteran caterpillars have crochets or hooks on the prolegs. The gap between the prolegs and the true legs can vary from a slight gap in some species to a large gap in families such as the geometridae. The geometrids, also known as inchworms or loopers, are so named because of the way they locomote, appearing to measure the earth (the word 'geometrid' means 'earth-measurer' in Greek).

Caterpillars do not breathe through their mouths. Instead, air enters their bodies through a series of small tubules along the sides of their thorax and abdomen. These tubules are called 'spiracles', and inside the body they connect together into a network of air tubes or 'tracheae'.

Caterpillars do not have very good eyesight or senses. Instead of fully-developed eyes they have a series of six tiny eyelets or 'ocelli' on the lower portion of their head. They rely on their antennae to help them locate food.

Caterpillars are a favorite food source for many species of birds and animals. Because of this the caterpillar has evolved several methods of protecting and/or camouflaging itself. These methods can be either passive, aggressive, or both in some instances. Some caterpillars have large 'false eyes' towards the rear of their abdomen. This is an attempt to convince predators that their back is actually their front, giving them an opportunity to escape to the 'rear' when attacked. Others have a body coloration that closely resembles their food plant.

More aggressive self-defense measures are taken by the spitfires and hairy caterpillars. These caterpillars have spiny bristles or long fine hairs that will irritate anything that brushes against them, or spit acidic digestive juices at potential enemies. However, some birds, like cuckoos, will swallow the hairiest of caterpillars.

Some caterpillars eat the leaves of plants that are toxic to other animals. They are unaffected by the poison themselves, but it builds up in their system, making them highly toxic to anything that eats one of them. These toxic species, such as the Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillars, are brightly striped or colored in red and yellow - the 'danger' colors.

All of these aggressive defense measures are meant to assure that any predator will not be in a hurry to repeat the experience of attempting to eat a caterpillar.

Some caterpillars obtain protection by associating themselves with ants. The Lycaenid butterflies are particularly well known. Recent findings have shown that they communicate with their ant protectors by means of vibrations as well as chemical means.

Some caterpillars are considered serious pests of agriculture or forestry. They include the Small White butterfly (brassicas), the Pine Butterfly, and the Codling Moth (apples).

"Tiny, snail-eating caterpillars found in Hawaiian rain forests tie up their prey with sticky silk and snack on them at leisure. [...] It is the first time that caterpillars that eat snails or any other mollusk have been found." July 22, 2005

Other carnivorous species of caterpillars are also known, but still represent a tiny fraction of all known representatives of these insect larvae.

Black swallowtail butterflies feed on nectar from varying types of flowers. They don't have prey.

The scientific name of the Green swallowtail butterfly is Papilio blumei.

I think I saw a paper wasp eating one of mine.

Metamorphosis refers to the process of gradual transformation of one form of an organism to other forms. It may include morphological as well as biological transformations which helps the organism to grow and adjust well to the environmental changes.

18, yes. At 17 it would probably depend on circumstances.

yes

The butterfly uses its very long proboscis, which is like a straw, to sip nectar from flowers. When it is not feeding, the proboscis rolls up onto itself into a flat "ball".

yea they do

mexico

Estern Tiger Swallowtails feed on the leaves of a a variety of hardwood trees, including birch, tulip poplar, wild cherry, ash, and others.