Spicebush Swallowtail
Papilio troilus

Spicebush Swallowtail is common statewide in a variety of habitats including deciduous woods, pine barrens, mixed forest, forested swamps and urban gardens. Its hostplants are northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin), sassafras (Sassafras albidium), sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana), redbay (Persia borbonia) (Coastal Plain), and tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera). There are two broods with a partial third brood. The first brood begins to fly in the Lower Coastal Plain in late January and flies increasingly later northward, appearing in North Georgia in April and May. The second brood flies in July, August and early September. Sightings in deep South Georgia in November may represent a partial third brood. Early Date: January 4 (Grady County); Late Date: November 15 (Grady County)(on the Florida line). Conservation Status: Secure.

Georgia County Records