I caught this guy hanging out in the yard after a big rain storm. I guess his wings were too wet and he didn’t have the power to fly away yet. Hopefully he was able to dry off and have new adventures.
Tag: Swallowtail
Score!
Today I was able to witness the final stage of the butterfly life cycle. One of the Swallowtail butterflies decided to stop in and hangout for a bit on the tree that served as its host. Notice in the background an empty pupa that was home to either him or one of his friends.
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He was very patient while I excitedly snapped photo after photo of him. I love his under wing coloring.
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Finally, he got tired of me harassing him and flew off. Luckily I got this motion photo.
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Swallowtail
A very unusual caterpillar has been eating the crap out of our grapefruit tree. I killed two of them before I discovered that they are the caterpillar of the swallowtail butterfly.
I discovered two chrysalis and one other caterpillar chowing down. I am going to let the tree get abused for now, besides it gives us no fruit anyway. I love butterflies.
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