Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly emerges (time-lapse)
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Much appreciated! I think we'll try the wrap & girder method you suggested. Thanks! Meanwhile, a monarch's floating around our garden, madly laying on every species of milkweed we have . . . gotta run!
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It sure is. I caught a caterpillar and put it in a jar just to see what kind of butterfly it would turn into. It turned into a Western Tiger Swallowtail. It was beautiful. As soon as it was able to fly I let it go. Made me sad to watch it fly away knowing that I would never see it again.
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I do both :-) However, these Battus were sent to me by a friend in northern CA as pupae. When they emerged I managed to hand-pair a couple of them and video the subsequent brood. Otherwise, they are very rare in southern CA, or at least in Santa Clarita.
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Do you collect your leps from the wild or acquire them from other enthusiasts? I'd be interested in raising some cats if you don't mind (OC area)
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Great video! Any advice on how to hang pipevine chrysalises? Two of our larvae decided to pupate lying down, sigh. (I know several ways to handle monarch chysalises, but those have handy cremasters sticking out!) Your video shows clearly that I'd better hang these guys heads UP. Any idea?
tiambva 2 years ago
I think you would be safe hanging them upside down by their cremasters if you have some spare silk to cotton to attach them to. In general, Swallowtails like to suspend themselves upright, but I have seen them attach horizontally and slightly head-down too without any trouble.
I have also wrapped them carefully/loosely in piece of paper towel with the head end slghtly exposed, then attached THAT to a substrate in an upright position. That works well, too :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
Mother nature is amazing. She brings us killer tornadoes and peaceful butterflies at the same time. Watching a caterpillar change into a butterfly is one of the most amazing things ever.
UtahMike41 2 years ago
Life is sure a mish-mash of good and bad, isn't it? indeed, watching lepidoptera life cycles is a great way to get an up close view of some of nature's most amazing events! Thanks so much for watcing and commenting :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
how much time really passed?
username1105 2 years ago
About 25-30 minutes to emerge and full expand the wings. It takes another couple of hours for the wing veins to harden enough for the butterfly to fly properly. :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago