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Post by admin on May 5, 2013 19:52:50 GMT -8
Setting up the Butterfly Pavilion today. We caught a few mourning cloaks and put them in the enclosure then added a potted willow inside. A few days later we got this. Sony Cybershot DSC-T900 (subcompact camera) Attachments:
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Post by wolf on May 5, 2013 23:40:10 GMT -8
Nice Clark. I wanted to try and rear them aswell. Couple of years ago i found a gravid female and put her in my cage with appropriate hostplant, but she never layed any eggs. I had her for over a week, and then she suddenly just died. I know she was gravid becus i opened her up after she was dead. Maybe she hadn't been fertilized yet?
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Post by bobw on May 6, 2013 2:24:54 GMT -8
That seems to be strange egg-laying behaviour. I've found N. antiopa in Europe many times and I've never known a female to lay eggs on a leaf - it's always on the stem of the foodplant. Maybe that's one of the differences between American and European antiopa.
Bob
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Post by admin on May 6, 2013 4:17:08 GMT -8
That seems to be strange egg-laying behaviour. I've found N. antiopa in Europe many times and I've never known a female to lay eggs on a leaf - it's always on the stem of the foodplant. Maybe that's one of the differences between American and European antiopa. Bob They do BOTH methods, I have noticed. |
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Post by admin on May 6, 2013 4:18:06 GMT -8
Nice Clark. I wanted to try and rear them aswell. Couple of years ago i found a gravid female and put her in my cage with appropriate hostplant, but she never layed any eggs. I had her for over a week, and then she suddenly just died. I know she was gravid becus i opened her up after she was dead. Maybe she hadn't been fertilized yet? You never know... Some butterflies need a lot of space before they will lay eggs. In our case the cage was a very large, walk-in type. |
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