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| First time seeing a Red-spotted Purple Butterfly lay eggs on a cherry tree in my yard. |
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| Close up of the egg ~ 9/2/19 |
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| Even closer - what a neat looking egg |
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| There were a total of 9 eggs that were laid. |
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| Then, success and 5 caterpillars were found on 9/10/19. This is the leaf and the caterpillar eats from the end of the leaf into the middle. |
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| Close up of very tiny caterpillar |
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| Second of the 5 caterpillars that were hatched. |
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| Growing but still very tiny ~ less than 3/4" long and 18" wide. |
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| Getting larger but only one caterpillar is left |
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| They are said to resemble bird poop and I would agree with that statement. That is supposed to give them some protection from predators. They ate for 3 weeks never getting very big but then... |
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| Finally,after 21 days of eating the caterpillar has turned into a chrysalis. 10/1/19 |
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| To become a wonderful Red-spotted Purple Butterfly |
2 comments:
we have a picture of the common checkered skipper from your garden on 10/14/19
if you want a copy? Mike did not get a photo of the hair streak.
Just saw your comment. Trying to keep up but it's hard. Thanks for the offer. I did see one a day later so did get some snaps of it.
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