Thanks Iris! I think your pics are pretty cool.

They're growing up...getting their stripes :) The little specks are now over 1/4" long. Some are moving over to the parsley.

You must be feeding them very well! They are growing so fast.

They are growing fast! I just brought the eggs and itty bitties in 2 days ago. They are so cute :)

Congrats! Really great photos and they are definitely cute! I had a late influx and have released over 30 in the last week. One day I came home and there were 13 butterflies in the cage! It's a reptile cage and pretty big, so I picked the whole thing up, took it outside, and opened the door. :)

Thanks Weed! Wow! I would have loved to seen that!

From your pictures, it looks like you might!

I am amazed at how quick these guys are growing and at the difference in coloration of the larger ones. A few have lots of green, others are mostly white. 2 have attached and are forming their chrysalis.

I'm using fennel cuttings in the vase and a pot of parsley. They prefer the fennel but they go through it so quickly.

I've been cleaning the enclosure twice a day, they sure poop a lot!

Here, they have eaten all the fennel and are transitioning over to the parsley. The fennel has since been replenished.

This one is pre-poop shaking off LOL

Wow, Rhonda, there are a lot of them! Great pictures!

Thanks Iris! Yes, and they are eating me out of house and home LOL They ate 2 big pots of parsley yesterday! I cut a bunch more fennel this evening and added the last pot of parsley. I'm thinking that my fennel will be gone before they all attach.

I now have 2 chrysalis and 6 that attached today.

NOTE: I POSTED THIS SAME RESPONSE ON THE ORANGE BARRED SULPHUR DISCUSSION

I had a set back with both the orange-barred and Eastern Black swallowtails in my two enclosures last week. Both enclosures are on a raised table on the screened in lanai and were cleaned at least once a day.

I went out in morning last Wednesday or Thursday to find thousands of tiny red ants in the enclosures attacking the caterpillars and chrysalis that had formed. The ants were everywhere! I was heartbroken as many of the caterpillars were dead and being eaten as were some chrysalis.

I rushed both enclosures outside and carefully removed the vases of cuttings, the newspapers and the chrysalis that were attached to the enclosure ceilings and tree branches. I took them to a safe, unaffected table in the lanai.

I then sprayed the enclosures with ant spray and then hosed them down and thoroughly washed them with bleach and water. I also sprayed the table that the enclosures sat on with ant spray and cleaned it as well. After the enclosures dried, I got fresh cuttings and returned the cats and chrysalis to the enclosures.

All I can figure is that the ants were in the soil of the parsley pots that I had in the EBS enclosure and migrated to the OBS enclosure as I couldn't find any ants anywhere else on the lanai.

I figure that I lost 2/3s of the cats and 1/4 of the chrysalis. I am devastated as I have been very diligent in taking care of the eggs/cats. None of the 8 OBS chrysalis have eclosed yet (there's 2 pink ones) but they look healthy. I have had 3 gorgeous EBSs eclose the past 2 days and there are still 11 chrysalis. I haven't seen anymore ants :)