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Black Swallowtail Ventral View

A ventral view of the adult female Black Swallowtail. The black “circular” organ protruding from the butterfly’s head is a flexible proboscis used by the adult butterfly to suck nectar from flowers; it is coiled in a spiral when the insect isn’t feeding.

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