[TN-Butterflies] Re: Viceroy caterpillar
- From: Rita Venable <ritavenable@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Michael Lee Bierly <mlbierly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:47:00 -0500
The plant that the caterpillar was on actually dried up (almost) before the
egg hatched. I put fresh willow in a cup with water and placed the dried up
leaf on the fresh willow. Within minutes, the caterpillar, which is less
than 1/16 of an inch long found its way to the tip of the fresh leaf, which
is where I got the posted photo.
Rita Venable, Franklin, TN
Williamson Co.
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Michael Lee Bierly
<mlbierly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Cannot believe that egg hatch so quickly. It was laid on July 28 at 9:27
> a.m. CDT. That is around five days. If interested, here is the female,
> sequence of the female going down the leaf to lay the egg, and the egg,
> http://mlbierly.smugmug.com/Butterflies-2010/Admirals-and-Relatives/Viceroy/13114700_KS9kB#950968267_4FdYt.
> Note that there are directions in the front description area for enlarging
> the images. Do so especially for the egg so you can see the multiply-faced
> egg, like a light ball. Thanks to Rita for sharing this instar.
>
> Michael Lee Bierly, Kentucky Manor, Nashville, Davidson County, TN.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* tn-butterflies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> tn-butterflies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Rita Venable
> *Sent:* Monday, August 02, 2010 4:36 PM
> *To:* TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [TN-Butterflies] Viceroy caterpillar
>
> Just photographed a Viceroy 1st instar that just hatched this morning or
> during the night. Thanks, Michael B., for letting me borrow your egg, so I
> can photograph the life cycle of this beautiful butterfly. The little egg
> was laid right on the tip of the corkscrew willow outside his window. To be
> sure I'm not mixing populations, this butterfly will be released back into
> Michael's yard when it emerges, and hopefully, it will in a few weeks.
>
> Just thought everyone might like to see how very different this first
> instar looks from the "bird dropping" instar that happens down the road.
>
> Also, how similar are the egg-laying techniques of the Red-spotted Purples
> and the Viceroys - right on the very tip of the leaf.
>
> Rita Venable, Franklin, TN
> Williamson County (Viceroy from Davidson Co.)
>
>
>
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