Category Archives: Pipevine Swallowtail Yesterday John left a comment on the blog about posting a picture of a Pipevine Chrysalis. Well, here it is. Leecy is too afraid to be a hand model, so she held up a paper towel for the background. This particular Chrysalis was brought inside because it made the Chrysalis right above the air conditioner...  It looks like the Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillars will survive and won’t run out of food. They found almost every small piece of Pipevine (Fimbriata type) and I only see one of them still eating. I found 3 of them near the roof of the house. Two of them already converted to Chrysalis, and the other...  Holy Cow! Today there were Butterflies everywhere in the backyard. We had a Monarch, Question Mark, Variegated Fritillary, Giant Swallowtail, Grey Hairstreak, Eastern Black Swallowtail, some type of Crescent Butterfly, and a Pipevine Swallowtail. I got a few pictures, but I missed several and several others weren’t that good as I got over-excited. The plants...  Finally some Butterfly Caterpillars to talk about. We’ve got two types of Pipevine, Giant Dutchman’s Pipevine and Dutchman’s Pipevine. I haven’t seen anything on our Giant Dutchman’s Pipevine, but our Dutchman’s Pipevine has lots of Pipevine Butterfly Caterpillars on them. This is also rather interesting (I think I’ve mentioned this before) because last year we...  Yesterday I saw what looked like either a Pipevine Swallowtail or a Spicebush Swallowtail flying around the garden. However, by the time I got close enough to get a picture, it had of course moved on. Luckily, Leecy went out in the garden and started looking at the Dutchman’s Pipevine and noticed the eggs (the... |
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