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Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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Woohoo! Good for you! Looks like that second fat cat is going to eat all the flowers on your butterfly weed. ![]() Keep looking! I am sure you will find others and eggs, too!
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#132 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I know they have to start out really tiny, but they still seem pretty small at a little over half an inch. How many instar stages do they go through? Believe me; I'll keep looking. I was out there again taking more pictures and a short video. So far, I still only see the two. |
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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#134 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Interesting to me that a spider would suck out the inside of an egg. I'm glad you and John came up with a compromise. |
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Location: Pennsylvania
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#136 | |
Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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Spiders will also eat young caterpillars. Caterpillars go through five instars. When a monarch hatches from its egg, it is considered a first instar. It will shed its skin after 24 hours to become a second instar. A monarch is a caterpillar anywhere from 7-12 days. When it is a 5th instar, it will find a place where it can hang upside down from its last set of prolegs. The cat will hang in the form of a letter J for up to 24 hours. When the tentacles on its head start to look like they are shriveling up, the skin splits one last time, right behind its head. The beautiful, jade green chrysalis emerges from beneath this last shedding of skin! Journey North's Monarch Butterfly Migration Tracking Project
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#137 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Cool. Thanks for helping to educate me. ~smile~ |
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#138 |
Slapping, Swearing, Itching, Scratching Mosquito Bait
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: pennsylvania,usa
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Saw four or five Eastern tiger swallowtails today. They seem to tolerate being photographed more than other butterflies. This was the least worn one, and it had a little more yellow on the outer edge of the wings than most. No females though.
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#139 |
Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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Very nice tigers there, Swampthing! My favorite is the second photo. I'm not sure how to tell the difference between male/female tiger swallowtails. Can you share that info with us?
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I went out this morning to check on them, and I swear they doubled in size!
bridget1964, you may not want to look at the 3rd one. It is not really quite as close as it seems. |
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