Earlier this summer I tried to raise Monarch BF's. I found several eggs and got them to hatch but with in days they all would die. I even had a friend mail me some more eggs and they all died too. So I gave up on the Monarch and started looking for BST's instead. They are much easier for some reason!
I have one that made its chrysalis last Friday. So it should eclose the first of next week. It takes about 10-14 days. The next biggest one that I have is the big green one pictured below. It gut purged today so it will begin to make its chrysalis in the next 24-48 hours.
I have 2 more smaller BST' caterpillar instars too
Raising Black Swallowtail Butterflies
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Raising Black Swallowtail Butterflies
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- Big One
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- Next biggest...less than 1 inch
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- Smallest...barely bigger than a grain of rice.
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Claudia
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest" - John Muir
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest" - John Muir