What a beautiful skipper!

8 years ago

Not my picture, my daughter just sent it to me. I am kind of jealous of her, except for all her chigger bites, not having a real shower (washing happens in a stream with a resident caiman) and things like that. In addition to her project of puddling behavior she is also being caterpillar mom. Isn’t this just gorgeous?

Don’t think I would want to be the mom for this one.

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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
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8 years ago

One more week to go. She had a week off, so went to Manu. Looks like such a beautiful area. Wanted to share this butterfly.

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Jay 6a Chicago
8 years ago
Wow, what a beautiful skipper, and what a bizarre looking caterpillar.
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MissSherry
8 years ago
Beautiful skipper! Nothing like those tropical butterflies!

The caterpillar looks like the tropical version of our io moth caterpillar, very beautiful, but don't touch!

Sherry
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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
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8 years ago
She doesn’t have WiFi often to share pictures, so I can’t wait until she is going to be home in a month. She is 21, but still my little one. I was worried about her close encounter with this one (she was crawling around the forest floor to take a picture of a butterfly)
so I prefer just getting these pictures.
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
8 years ago
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Oh my, those pictures are wonderful. What part of the world is she in; I'd like to identify them.
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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
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8 years ago
She is in Peru, near Puerto Maldonado.
catherinet
8 years ago
WOW!.....to all the pictures! What an incredible experience she is having. I can relate to your wanting to have her home, though! We never stop worrying for our kids. Thanks for sharing these pics with us!
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Rhonda
8 years ago
Looks like the apple didn't fall far from the tree :) The pics are just gorgeous and it's awesome that she loves butterflies as much as her Mom.
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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
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8 years ago
This is the girl that wished for hand sanitizer for Christmas when she was 3 years old. Now she is really happy washing her clothes in a bucket of stream water and playing with bugs. Go figure.
four (9B near 9A)
8 years ago
If the pictured caterpillars are of Automeris io, then
do not touch.

Mine:
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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
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8 years ago
That’s beautiful, four!
Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
Original Author
8 years ago
Just two more pictures. One with a really bad hair day. The way I understand it, they tie ribbons on the plants they get caterpillars from to feed them the right stuff. It happens that they have to identify the plants or caterpillars along the way.. Must be fun seeing what eventually comes out of it.
Mars SC Zone 8b Mars
6 years ago
I have a picture of some eggs of a skipper
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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
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6 years ago
Really cool!
Mars SC Zone 8b Mars
6 years ago
thanks!

They are long tailed skipper eggs.

Now all the little babies are huge.
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Mars SC Zone 8b Mars
6 years ago
When i planted peas they didn't come.

Then i planted zinnias and the caterpillars started coming.