Many creatures are predators of the spicebush swallowtail. These eyespots are much smaller than those of the similar-looking spicebush swallowtail caterpillar. Many animals feed on the leaves, twigs, and berries of spicebush. Roughly three generations of spicebush swallowtails occur each year. Typically, the wingspan of a spicebush swallowtail ranges from . The understory add ironwood, striped maple and spicebush. One key known form of communication among spicebush swallowtails occurs during mating. The insistence on feeding primarily on Lauraceae has its advantages for spicebush swallowtails. Prominent understory trees include flowering dogwood, spicebush, sweet haw and ironwood. Spicebush swallowtails gain sustenance from eight major sources. Once eggs are laid, formal parental care ceases among spicebush swallowtails. The spicebush swallowtail's major form of predator avoidance is through mimicry. The species are shrubs and small trees; common names include spicewood, spicebush, and Benjamin bush. As larvae, spicebush swallowtails have two stages of mimicry. Spicebush is a deciduous shrub growing to tall.