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Post by joee30 on Apr 5, 2017 23:34:34 GMT -8
Since finding an awesome spot for these lovely spring beauties, I managed to come across some food plant, Dudleya cymosa with eggs on some steep rock walls with seeps. The food plant was very common in one particular spot, so I got a couple of them and now, this is showing fruition.   |
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Post by admin on Apr 7, 2017 7:56:41 GMT -8
where?
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Post by joee30 on Apr 7, 2017 18:54:50 GMT -8
These were collected 5 mi. NE of Chili Bar, just north of Placerville, California.
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Post by admin on Apr 13, 2017 17:36:08 GMT -8
These were collected 5 mi. NE of Chili Bar, just north of Placerville, California. Oh wow! I spent a summer house-sitting in Placerville back in the 70's. |
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Post by nomihoudai on Apr 13, 2017 23:25:56 GMT -8
Looks good. I hope you have enough host plants. You need 1 adult plant per caterpillar. Have they pupated already? Btw, the host plant does not die even when all the leafs have been eaten. A new plant will sprout from the roots. The pupae will turn very ugly brown and black before they hatch, so don't think that they have died off next year.
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Post by joee30 on Apr 24, 2017 12:30:30 GMT -8
I managed to get them through maturity and lost 3. One I crushed on accident while locating the pupae, which I have eight of. One didn't pupate right, and one smaller caterpillar shriveled up and dried out.
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Post by papiliotheona on May 3, 2017 8:07:51 GMT -8
Looks good. I hope you have enough host plants. You need 1 adult plant per caterpillar. Have they pupated already? Btw, the host plant does not die even when all the leafs have been eaten. A new plant will sprout from the roots. The pupae will turn very ugly brown and black before they hatch, so don't think that they have died off next year. I disagree. You can harvest leaves from plants every five days or so and rear them in the cut leaves. |
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Post by joee30 on May 3, 2017 22:22:55 GMT -8
I let them do their thing and they all made it minus a smaller one I didn't find till later, and one who was about to pupate, but had complications, and one I accidentially crushed.
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Post by joee30 on Mar 26, 2019 22:36:51 GMT -8
Found some more this year. Got the plants again, pretty common, and the blues seemed to have started their flight, though a bit later as it's been cold and rainy in California. Here are some of the specimens, along from a malformed one I kept.  |
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Post by LEPMAN on Mar 27, 2019 4:48:58 GMT -8
Found some more this year. Got the plants again, pretty common, and the blues seemed to have started their flight, though a bit later as it's been cold and rainy in California. Here are some of the specimens, along from a malformed one I kept. View AttachmentLooking good! Glad to see you were successful! |
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Post by joee30 on Mar 27, 2019 12:57:07 GMT -8
Found some more this year. Got the plants again, pretty common, and the blues seemed to have started their flight, though a bit later as it's been cold and rainy in California. Here are some of the specimens, along from a malformed one I kept. View AttachmentLooking good! Glad to see you were successful! I saved you a couple as I was only in their area for an hour or so, but am planning to head out before I go on a week vacation to So cal in april. |
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