Thanks for the reports!
As of 8/9/2020 things are in full swing after a delay for some unknown reasons.
We have released 3 healthy female Black Swallowtails, with 5 in Chrysalis due this week and a bunch of grazers.
I have somewhat changed my approach, transferring cats to a hidden host plant where the predatory wasps seem to pass over and the plant is smaller and easier to keep track. Two of the 3 BFs were manipulated to chrysalis in an area outdoors easy to keep track of. So far both had a predictable Chrys flying the morning of the 7th day betore 10am .
Others are inside at this time.
We've got continuous laying females daily, and I've seen more Monarchs this year than ever, despite continuing bad news science reports. As usual though, no action from Monarchs on our milkweed.
Spotted so far this year were Gulf Fritillary, probably blown here by the Tropical storm, and also Tiger and Zebra SWT along with numerous daily BSTs
Thanks for reading and your interest.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PSF5JUh0Jl8
Show Posts
