Update on Variegated Fritillary pupa
Oct 29, 2018 15:19:34 #
Looks like it might eclose this fall after all as it is changing color...
Oct 29, 2018 17:17:44 #
If it is kept outdoors it might just be camouflaging itself for the winter. I don't know.
Oct 29, 2018 17:39:38 #
Oct 29, 2018 18:00:35 #
Never cease to be amazed with frittalary pupa. Look like nothing else in nature for color and ornamentation. Four or five days to enclosure is my guess. A pool. I say Sat. three Nov. by 10 A.M your time.
Oct 30, 2018 07:29:18 #
Oct 30, 2018 12:26:25 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Looks like it might eclose this fall after all as it is changing color...
a lot prettier than my buckeye pupa's,i had 2 last week both enclosed when i wasnt looking
i got another yesterday,maybe i'll be there for this one
Oct 30, 2018 18:17:56 #
Oct 30, 2018 22:03:38 #
tinusbum wrote:
a lot prettier than my buckeye pupa's,i had 2 last week both enclosed when i wasnt looking
i got another yesterday,maybe i'll be there for this one
i got another yesterday,maybe i'll be there for this one
Enclosure, for butterflies, is a couple hours before daylight. I know that is not written in stone, but they are ready to get early sun and fly. With nocturnal moths, the males tend to eclose late in day. Female often stays in one place till a male comes,but by two to three hours after dark, if no male, will then take wing. I may have ideas as to the why's, but it is complicated.
Bill
Oct 31, 2018 12:41:07 #
Oct 31, 2018 13:14:27 #
Nov 3, 2018 10:39:33 #
Nov 4, 2018 07:54:58 #
Still hasn't eclosed yet and two of the three Gulf Fritillaries have pupated as well. I guess they are all going to overwinter as such...
newtoyou wrote:
How is the frittalary pupa doing?
Bill
Bill
Dec 11, 2018 15:26:32 #
One of the Gulf Fritillaries eclosed a few weeks back and I released it. I have since noticed Tachnid flies in the container thus it appears that one of the other caterpillars had been parasitized prior to pupating...
Screamin Scott wrote:
Still hasn't eclosed yet and two of the three Gulf Fritillaries have pupated as well. I guess they are all going to overwinter as such...
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