Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Piggybacking Eastern Swallowtails, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Maggie,

I've had that happen with several different butterfly species that I've raised. Giant Swallowtails, Black Swallowtails and Painted Ladies. They all pupated just fine. There must be some butterfly magic floating around because they seem to synchronize when they will eclose.

Have had clusters of Bordered Patches pupating on a single leaf and they all emerged within seconds of each other.

Here's my favorite photo of a Giant Swallowtail that pupated on a Forbes Silkmoth cocoon.

~ Cat

This message was edited Jul 1, 2009 9:45 PM