PAPILIONIDiE. 
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The caterpillar is easily reared in captivity, the chrysalis, if found 
in the autumn, remaining unchanged until the spring. 
It is wood brown and has two ear-like projections on the anterior 
end. It is suspended by its posterior end, with a silken girdle about 
Papilio palamedes. 
its body, frequently in an upright position, and from a twig or 
branch. The butterfly is frequently seen in clover fields, where it 
may be closely approached as it thrusts its tongue into the tiny blos¬ 
soms composing the heads of clover. 
Specimens vary a good deal in size, but are surprisingly uniform 
in color, and among hundreds of specimens one will rarely find an 
insect showing great variation from the prevailing tints. The sexes, 
too, except for size, the females usually being the larger, are much 
alike. 
Papilio palamedes is another grand butterfly. It inhabits Florida 
