Butterfly has spread its wings
Anise Swallowtail Butterfly - Wikipedia
Kris Stewart first raised Anise Swallowtail Butterflies in second grade at Vista's Santa Fe Elementary School, a long time ago.
YouTube of swallowtail stage change [The Black Swallowtail will be same as Anise Swallowtail Butterfly]
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"Jul 29, 2006 This is a black swallowtail #caterpillar forming its #chrysalis, or pupating.
This video shows what took about 20 minutes in less than 1 minute. You can see the "segments"
of its body getting pushed to the bottom as the skin splits and the chrysalis is revealed.
Then it squirms to get the shed skin off the bottom of the chrysalis. It's got to be one of
the most amazing phenomena in nature." YouTube caption
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1999 - early days when the Bugs were raised indoors
Butterfly has spread its wings
Take the plastic bucket outside, so butterfly can leave once wings dry
Close ups
Middle of photo (below) - butterfly is free
Later, the butterfly will return to lay eggs
Closeup of "Butterfly Alert!"
"Lawn art" purchased at the Del Mar fair of the butterfly lower right - real
Butterfly middle-top flying in the plants
Sometimes I come home to find an empty chrysalyst (yeah!)
Sometimes there is still a chrysalist waiting to hatch (center)
Sometimes there are the big, green catepillars, who are very methodical eaters.
Two Busy Eaters
The flowers are packed with food.
Early stage is the small, black catepillar (with white stripe and yellow/orange spots)
Baby black bug - dead center of photo - look for the white stripe at mid-body
Two black caterpillars fairly close up
Small black catepillars and big green one behind it, must have been 2 different sets of eggs
Big Green Bug
Big Green Bug - an example of a thorough eater
Our deck with Casper in background and Green Bug 1/3 done with eating all flowers on branch
Green Bug slowing down in the wild (pic rotated 90o)
Another Green Bug
This Green Bug is still eating
Green Bugs will cover a lot of turf
Little Black Bug in Plastic Bucket in Kitchen (2 Green Bugs in Flowers) Nov 2006
Now there are three green bugs [daily fresh food (flowers) hard to find in Nov06 since people think the plants are weeds]
Two Green Bugs about to becoming Chrysalists
Two Chrysalists colored to match the stick, blue cooler only for photo contrast
Two brown chrysalists and one green bug (about to be a chrysalist)
Three chrysalists that turn the color to blend in with the stick
Hoping that the Bright Blue Cooler nearby will trick the chrysalist to stay green - NOTE: shed skin at bottom of stick
Success - Green/yellow chrystalist (camouflage for when the anise plants are flowering with their bright yellow flowers and green leaves and stock)
