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  8. Eastern Giant Swallowtail

species 41,017 observations

Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Heraclides cresphontes

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

427 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Northern Prickly Ash, Common Hoptree, Lime Prickly-ash, Hercules' Club 12
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Purple Coneflower, Wild Bergamot, Fall Phlox, Swamp Milkweed 415

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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