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sunfish
08-08-2011, 09:24 PM
Update on the Swallowtail Butterfly Larva.Their eating now and getting larger by the day.
Eggs
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44716&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44716&ppuser=2868)
caterpillar
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&current=018.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/018.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
swallowtail butterfly larvae - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?q=swallowtail+butterfly+larvae&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Cuc&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=pJlATrSQIKjliAKtsO2-BQ&ved=0CDcQsAQ)
sunfish
08-10-2011, 10:26 AM
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jreidsma
08-10-2011, 11:25 AM
Very cool! :)
I see a couple swallowtail butterflies every once and a while. But not many caterpillars.
Plenty of monarchs though :)
Maybe next year I will grow some host plants of some butterflies.
sunfish
08-10-2011, 04:38 PM
Very cool! :)
I see a couple swallowtail butterflies every once and a while. But not many caterpillars.
Plenty of monarchs though :)
Maybe next year I will grow some host plants of some butterflies.
Good Idea on the host plants. They seem to like Sapote
jreidsma
08-10-2011, 05:45 PM
Thanks :)
I can easily get milkweed and a couple other things. Monarchs like them. Maybe I will be able to find some more host plants by next year..
sunfish
08-12-2011, 07:40 PM
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Worm_Farmer
08-16-2011, 08:18 PM
Now that I no longer have any Citrus I never seen this type anymore. Good job, keep him alive if possible.
sunfish
08-16-2011, 09:25 PM
Now that I no longer have any Citrus I never seen this type anymore. Good job, keep him alive if possible.
I lost four from the plant so I've got them in a jar.They double in size every couple days
Worm_Farmer
08-16-2011, 10:07 PM
I lost four from the plant so I've got them in a jar.They double in size every couple days
I like how they mimic little sticks when they cocoon up. When they are bigger it you shake the leaf a little bit they will shoot out two antennas from their head and left off the stinky smell.
sunfish
08-17-2011, 08:33 PM
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sunfish
08-25-2011, 10:35 AM
Cute don't yea think
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45294&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45294&ppuser=2868)
Jananas Bananas
08-25-2011, 10:40 AM
So ugly it's cute? :ha: The end on the right kind of looks like a reptile head.
~JaNan
sunfish
08-25-2011, 10:45 AM
So ugly it's cute? :ha: The end on the right kind of looks like a reptile head.
~JaNan
Like the ugly duckling.
Google Images (http://www.google.com/imgres?q=swallowtail+butterfly+larvae&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=751&bih=339&tbm=isch&tbnid=IOyE48HEYBAE2M:&imgrefurl=http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/I/InsectHormones.html&docid=8vDBTOZUs2xnhM&w=400&h=315&ei=4W1WTrjPFYbmiAKg36yyCQ&zoom=1)
Jananas Bananas
08-25-2011, 11:45 AM
Yep that's right!
Here is an old shot of mine. It is an Eastern Black Swallowtail that was out in the pasture.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=21083&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21083)
I loved the touch of blue on it. What does your caterpillar look like when grown?
~J
sunfish
08-25-2011, 12:09 PM
Yep that's right!
Here is an old shot of mine. It is an Eastern Black Swallowtail that was out in the pasture.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=21083&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21083)
I loved the touch of blue on it. What does your caterpillar look like when grown?
~J
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44717&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44717&perpage=12&ppuser=2868)
oakshadows
08-25-2011, 03:33 PM
If you need any more let me know. We have way too many here and they do produce a lot of eaters. Neem oil is my best choice but with the daily rains we have to wait for drier weather. Lucky for the butterflies.
sunfish
08-25-2011, 03:40 PM
If you need any more let me know. We have way too many here and they do produce a lot of eaters. Neem oil is my best choice but with the daily rains we have to wait for drier weather. Lucky for the butterflies.
I only see a couple each year.
oakshadows
08-25-2011, 04:17 PM
Would you like a hundred more? There are three species here that can ruin your plants fast. Not that we don't like butterflies, even some moths, but have to be very careful and observent to keep up with the offspriing.
sunfish
08-25-2011, 05:32 PM
Would you like a hundred more? There are three species here that can ruin your plants fast. Not that we don't like butterflies, even some moths, but have to be very careful and observent to keep up with the offspriing.
No you can keep them
oakshadows
08-25-2011, 08:10 PM
Chicken
sunfish
08-25-2011, 08:56 PM
Chicken
We already have enough pest here but thanks for the offer.I could use some Incarnata seed though
oakshadows
08-26-2011, 06:18 AM
The blooms are on the vine and the butterflies are flitting around. When we get a fruit the seed will be headed your way, hopefully this will be soon.
oakshadows
08-26-2011, 07:35 AM
This is the first bloom...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45258&size=1
oakshadows
08-26-2011, 07:37 AM
As of now there are 10 to 12 more blooms, hope they set fruit.
sunfish
08-27-2011, 11:33 AM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45349&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45349&ppuser=2868)
oakshadows
08-29-2011, 01:29 PM
They sure can eat fast. We check ours quite often and have removed many and have found about six that had larvae growing on them. That is my friendly wasp doing his job.
Do you happen to have a picture of Passiflora trifasciata? I believe that this is one that we will enjoy. Thanks
sunfish
08-29-2011, 04:24 PM
Passiflora trifasciata - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?q=Passiflora+trifasciata&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=eH&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=XwNcTtmJMKbhiAK30t2vDg&ved=0CCAQsAQ)
Darkman
08-29-2011, 05:54 PM
They love citrus and since I now have about thirty trees I should have a bumper crop of the caterpillars next year. I and others refer to them as bird poop worms since that is what they mimic when resting. I'll gladly sacrifice a few leaves to enjoy the butterfly. It is one of the largest and most beautiful around here. I always feel lucky to see them.
sunfish
08-31-2011, 04:41 PM
Swallowtail Butterfly Life Cycle - (Pipevine Swallowtail) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2cE86AA1q0)
sunfish
09-22-2011, 09:33 AM
Update on the Swallowtail Butterfly Larva.Their eating now and getting larger by the day.
Eggs
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44716&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44716&ppuser=2868)
caterpillar
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&current=018.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/018.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
swallowtail butterfly larvae - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?q=swallowtail+butterfly+larvae&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Cuc&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=pJlATrSQIKjliAKtsO2-BQ&ved=0CDcQsAQ)
This is one that just emerged
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45866&ppuser=2868><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45866&size=1 border=0></a>
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