Awesome :) I used to raise a lot of Polydamas cats when I lived in SoFla.

John

Congrats, Rick! I'm so glad you're getting eggs and caterpillars!

I had 67 pipevine chrysalides that overwintered from the egg/hatchlings you gave me, and I released nearly that many, starting about March. I've had SO many eggs since then! All the ones I've been raising in the cage, about ?35, have made their chrysalis, so I'll be releasing still more real soon. Plus there were many on the vines outside - there must have been a lot of pupating going on the past few days, because I've found black stuff on a lot of the leaves, and there aren't that many cats out there now. However, I'm finding more eggs!

Here's a picture I made the other day of one on the vine -

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See what you started! :)

Sherry

Sherry, I'm glad to see that those Alabama Pipevine Swallowtails are thriving in Mississippi. None of mine over wintered but they're showing up now. I probably won't bring any in until after our vacation, maybe the wasps will leave them alone for a while.

I can't wait until they show up. I've released two adults so far.