Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES # 106, 2 by vitrsna
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vitrsna wrote: Two Polydamas Swallowtails eclosed today after 8 months in the chrysalises. Usually they eclose in 12 to 15 days. There were about 20 Polydamas chrysalises in diapause and gradually they are now starting to eclose. My best guess is that the caterpillar food source plants were exhausted. Nasty weather sure hasn't been the reason, so i suppose they were waiting for the caterpillar food source plants to renew themselves. |