Here is a pic of a Swallowtail cat on a wild lime plant
Maggie
Swallowtail cat
Cute shot Maggie!
Very nice Maggie! Love the dawgs!!
Thanks guys, photo is courtesy of my DH who is the official photographer of the family. I'll pass along your comments. I jiust love this wet-look stage!
Maggie
Maggie-
Is this the only host that you have for the GST? I have this as well as Key lime and Hercules club.....I had a few eggs on my wild lime earlier this summer but the babies never got through the 1st or 2nd instar. Just this am I found a baby on the Hercules....so hopefully this will work for me. Oh well, just curious!
Adrienne
if I saw that I might have screamed and ran - now I'll know not too!
Adrienne,
Actually no, I have several. But they like this one. So much that I am working with seeds to grow more. I do have 2 WLs I bought from Edith @ Buyabutterfly.com. I have them in big pots and bring the pots to a cage for the cats.
Maggie
I saw one of those Giant Swallowtails in my backyard yesterday. He was all over my bottle brush! He was gorgeous! Wish I'd had my camera :(
I saw my first a couple weeks ago, and again today in the yard, and they really are gorgeous
what a cute pic Maggie
Hi Maggie~
I went overboard with Rutacacea/Citrus this year and now the GSTs come all day long. My Flying Dragon looks just like the WL, So far only one cat on that plant, and I tried putting it in a few of the cages and the cats crawl off and go for the Hercules Club, and sometimes the Lemon, lol.
Got a Mandarin Orange last week and put it on the end table on the deck. Today a GST came and hovered, curled her tail on a few leaves, then just stopped still and hugged it for about 5 minutes. I wonder how that one will play out now.
:-Deb
Yes, tell the DH that's a great shot! I know my neighbors thought I was crazy (again) when I found a big cat and yelled to my dh "look, a bird poop cat!!"
LOL that's halarious Paige!!
I didn't find any eggs on the Mandarin Orange. The GST looked kinda old... I wonder if she ran out of eggs, (menopause maybe?) The way they lay eggs I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. Maybe she was sitting there trying to muster some up, and couldn't. The ones that overwintered are now passing away, we have found a few on the ground.
See here, She is trying> Ovipositor touching and everything...
Then here is another shot after that>> No egg. She tried so hard, and nothing. She looked rough, like she had a long season and was clearly on her last swallowtail.
:-d
