Cairns Birdwing butterfly pupation and emergence
Beginning pupation. Note how the leaf and stem have been reinforced with black silk. I have been writing about Cairns Birdwing butterflies quite often but there are still more things to say (and our...
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We have quite a few pots of Madonna Lilies (aka Peace Lilies, Spathiphyllum spp.) around the house; they do well until they are eaten, which happens with some regularity. Looking down into a pot...
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In my previous post I admitted that I missed the Crow butterfly, Euploea core, on my walk around the garden. I still haven’t got a photo of the adult butterfly but here’s the child – the caterpillar....
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A friend sent me a photo of a caterpillar ten days ago, with two implied questions: This caterpillar is feeding off native Dutchmans Pipe. Also, the Cairns Birdwing caterpillars of several people I...
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