Raising a Butterfly| Eastern Giant Swallowtail Butterfly
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ม.ค. 2022
- I noticed a tiny Eastern Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar chowing down on my white sapote seedling in early November 2021. Over the weeks, I watched the caterpillar chow on the citrus-related plant. Then, on Christmas Eve, the caterpillar surprised me with its grand reveal into an adult butterfly!
Of all the critters I’ve had in my greenhouses over the years, the caterpillar will be the most memorable. I hope to raise another caterpillar into a butterfly in the future.
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Yes I had the same swallow tail caterpillars and when i first saw them on my citrus I almost went into protect mode. Then I just let nature take her course. They're such beautiful butterfly. They got very I traction with me. Soo awesome to see the growth of your collection.
I am surprised it emerged on Christmas Eve. When the GS caterpillars are around in the fall or winter they usually go into their chrysalis and don’t emerge till spring. It’s called “ overwintering”
Very nice a comment, ❤️ thank you 👍💯❤️The caterpillar 🐛 will eat the leaf, it will spin its cocoon, let's see what kind of butterfly it will turn into, Subhanallah ❤️💯👍 When the order comes, the Caterpillar 🐛 butterfly 🦋 will continue on its journey,, It hatched from the egg; The caterpillar was 🐛; now preparing to enter the cocoon; will pupae; will change and become a butterfly 🦋; Subhanallah; We human beings are passengers of a long road just like the caterpillar. We travel from the womb to the world, from the world to the grave, from the grave to the isthmus, from the isthmus to the doomsday, from the resurrection square to the scales, from the scales to the scales, from the scales to the Sirat Bridge, from the Sirat Bridge to Heaven or Hell. You need it on the passenger road. May my Lord not leave you without food on the way; Gather our food, which we will need after the grave, from the world; At the last breath, with our sins forgiven, May my Lord make it one of those who enter the grave, which is the most important stop, laughing, and those who attain the honor of Jamalullah in Paradise. O Lord, be pleased with us, do not leave us alone in this long journey, Amen❤️
it emerged because the greenhouse provided it with the proper climate to thrive. Im sure once it was let go outside it didnt stand a chance at survival.
I really didn't like those guys buy now I appreciate them a little more.
Same. The caterpillars don't eat too much from the trees and the trees grow back or re-leaf pretty well 😊
@@shamrockgirl804 I'm a butterfly phobic aka a lepidopterophobic (in other words, I'm afraid of butterflies) but how many yellow swallowtails do ya have?
I so so prized it emerged on Christmas Eve, Usually they stay in their chrysalis till spring at that point. They call it “overwintering”
@@claudinehorne3618 I'm afraid of butterflies but are those giant swallowtails the size of a basketball or a football?
@@karlc2869 oops, I didn’t realize I was making a reply to your original comment.
No, they’re not that big, they’re maybe the size of my hand
My favorite butterfly. Thanks for teaching me another host plant.
Have you ever had trouble with them dying? I had 15 and then they started hanging head down, got mushy and weak and fell off. The only thing i noticed was some of the Wild lime leaves I was feeding them were brown. Don't know if they turned brown from caterpillar vomit or a disease. I have 2 left that are doing OK. I only feed them the tender new shoots now. We'll see ....
Amazing 👏
❤Beautiful 😊 I have 2 on my orange tree
I haven't seen any on my citruses and white sapote yet. But I know the time is coming! I'd love to see the caterpillars growing, even though they eat my tree! lol
One question do you know what leaves they eat? Coz there are like 5 caterpillars on our lemon plant and i think they'll eat it all out if i let em loose but I don't even want them to die so I'll keep em off the and putt a dummy plant inside a box and feed em leaves by myself! So what can i feed em besides the only plant i have?
Right now I'm petting 5 caterpillars..4 of them are going to turn into pupa soon but today they are acting really different idk why I'm really scared to see them.. one of them got loose motion suddenly I'm very worried about them I moved the 5th one the smallest to a difference spaces nd it's not acting weird till now
I don't know if anything's wrong with them or not but I hope everything gets well 😓
Do the caterpillars wonder off the trees when changing like Monarchs? I had 3 on my lemon tree that disappeared, and 3 on my orange tree that also disappeared …I have searched the tree limbs and found no trace of any kind of mud hut, for lack of a better description., on any of the trees…
Do they damage the tree? I have one on my lime tree
They’ll definitely eat the leaves but unless u have a ton of them one won’t be enough to really hurt it