Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar

The caterpillars live in folded leaf shelters and eat the leaves of the sassafras or spicebush. Adults consume a variety of nectars, including those from azalea, Japanese honeysuckle, milkweed, and thistle flowers. Both sexes are thought to be edible mimics of the distasteful Pipevine Swallowtail.