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Who am I - Hi friends, I found these on Spicebush Lindera recently. They're clearly not Spicebush Swallowtails. Any ideas? I'd like to have a pupatio... Read More
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Pipevine Swallowtails at last! - Rod Angeroth's Virginia Snakeroot paid off. On July 12 I found about 25 caterpillars on A. serpentaria -- the poor plant was practically str... Read More
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A Letter to G-Harmony.com - Confused in MD writes: Dear G-Harmony.com, I caught a scent of this sweet young thing and have been chasing her around the milkweed for at ... Read More
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Three 'deflation deaths' for BSTs (P. polyxenes) - I've had two batches of Black Swallowtail caterpillars so far this season. Both were collected from a friend's curly-leafed parsley. The fir... Read More
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Good Day 6/15 - I went through a bog near the house and met several surprises. The first two were "records" for this locale (meaning, that I had n... Read More
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Hostplant needed quickly - Hi all, I was promised 5 BST caterpillars feeding on my friend's parsley. I ended up with 11 of them, and I don't have sufficient hostplant.... Read More
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Spicebush OR Black Swallowtail? An Underwing Guide - This may be redundant, but the question sometimes comes up: Spicebush or Black Swallowtail? These two newly hatched individuals were seconds... Read More
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American Lady Predator - So yesterday I found 13 American Lady Vanessa virginiensis eggs on Pussytoes. Now last year, I brought in 10 cats in nests and found them ch... Read More
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Let the season begin ... - Released a small BST yesterday; found Cabbage White cats and American Lady eggs today. Yea! Jeff
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Bamboozled! (Or: The Importance of Being Pipevine) - So I was ALL excited at the prospect of having 24 *new* pipevine shoots from my main plant. Here they are ... my babies ... all coming up ar... Read More
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