lime butterfly

[peppermint]

my newest collection, taken using panasonic fx7

[yanyewkay]

simply beautiful...

[peppermint]

simply beautiful...

thanks. tt butterfly was very cooperative, it stayed on the plant for at least 20 min before it flew away. :bsmile:

[Cruiser]

thanks. tt butterfly was very cooperative, it stayed on the plant for at least 20 min before it flew away. :bsmile:

Wow 20mins, so should be able to shoot with tripod liao, colour seems warm though :-)

[Birdwing]

Nice pics Sherry. Can even see the lime fruit in the 2nd pic. Fresh hatched specimen? ;-)

[dude83]

:bsmile: congrats to your newborn!

now awaiting for ur plain tigers right?

[peppermint]

hee. thanks! tt was a newborn, i released it from the container and it stayed on the milkweed for tt long! didn't use a tripod though, simply took many shots. the wind was strong tt day! :bsmile: yeah, awaiting the plain tigers now.

[Birdwing]

hee. thanks! tt was a newborn, i released it from the container and it stayed on the milkweed for tt long! didn't use a tripod though, simply took many shots. the wind was strong tt day! :bsmile: yeah, awaiting the plain tigers now.Wah...how many hatching? :what:

[Rustic]

That's good shot of the newly hatched in its friendly neighbourhood nursery. ;)

[peppermint]

Wah...how many hatching? :what:

3 PT hatching...

[peppermint]

That's good shot of the newly hatched in its friendly neighbourhood nursery. ;)

thank you! welcome back to sg! :bsmile:

[dude83]

wow.. i'm excited for u sia! all my plain tigers almost all hatched liao... left a few more here and there! hehe... my next project is raising common mormons

[Common Mime]

Can't wait for my lime pupa to hatch too. Hope it is not on the weekday... :confused:

[dude83]

sumball, i understand how u feel man! guess what... all my butts are still hatching since monday... sigh... no chance to snap them in their hatching process! argh!

[Peacock Royal]

Can't wait for my lime pupa to hatch too. Hope it is not on the weekday... :confused:
I have one LB cat pupated two days ago, hope it will not hatch on Friday.
Another LB cat has been missing since this morning, could not find where it is hiding !

[Grass Demon]

Did you put the lime plant cutting in a bottle of water. If so look into the water.

[Peacock Royal]

Did you put the lime plant cutting in a bottle of water. If so look into the water.
oops, didn't notice your reply. Thanks.
Both LB cats pupated on the Lime plant itself and hatched.
One on early yesterday morning. The moment I went close to it, it flew off.
Second pupa hatched this morning. Lukily I isolated the stem with the pupa and put a green piece of paper behind it yesterday night. So managed to get a few shots but missed the opportunity to shoot its upperside.
Don't like the dark green should have chosen a lighter green background.

[Common Mime]

Nice one, Fed. Didnt manage to witness the process?

[peppermint]

nice pic, federick. :)

all my PT flew away when i was not at home. no fate... :-(

[Peacock Royal]

Thanks CM and Sherry.
I woke up too late (at 7 pm). So didn't withness the amazing process.
Good that your PT hatched but pity it flew off before you could take a shot. Can try again.

[peppermint]

new pics from my latest batch of LB. recently like no biz over at my place, don't see any LB cats. :hmmm:

[dude83]

yep, same here... dun see any LB... however, Common Mormon population on the rise here... just discovered 5 eggs on my curry plant... strange, the curry plant at my balcony seem to attract a fair bit of business... but the one at my ground floor which is like a huge huge bush, dun seem to have any caterpillars... no insecticides or whatever... wonder why? :hmmm:

[peppermint]

yep, same here... dun see any LB... however, Common Mormon population on the rise here... just discovered 5 eggs on my curry plant... strange, the curry plant at my balcony seem to attract a fair bit of business... but the one at my ground floor which is like a huge huge bush, dun seem to have any caterpillars... no insecticides or whatever... wonder why? :hmmm:

one of my neighbours has this curry leaf plant which is quite tall and bushy, but i see no sign of CM cats also leh... :thinking:

[Commander]

yep, same here... dun see any LB... however, Common Mormon population on the rise here... just discovered 5 eggs on my curry plant... strange, the curry plant at my balcony seem to attract a fair bit of business... but the one at my ground floor which is like a huge huge bush, dun seem to have any caterpillars... no insecticides or whatever... wonder why? :hmmm:
They seem to prefer the small young plantlets. I have a Curry Leaf tree (yes tree!) which is about 5m tall in my backyard, and seldom see any CMs on it. But the birds that feed on the seeds help to propagate little plants all over the garden. That's where Sherry's plant came from. ;-) Many of the other plantlets have CM cats on them quite often. But since they are outside I leave them alone, and most of the time, the cats will end up in some birdie's tummy! ;P

[Commander]

one of my neighbours has this curry leaf plant which is quite tall and bushy, but i see no sign of CM cats also leh... :thinking:
Your little potted plant will probably attract more CMs to it than the big plant.

[Common Mime]

yep, same here... dun see any LB... however, Common Mormon population on the rise here... just discovered 5 eggs on my curry plant... strange, the curry plant at my balcony seem to attract a fair bit of business... but the one at my ground floor which is like a huge huge bush, dun seem to have any caterpillars... no insecticides or whatever... wonder why? :hmmm:
My colleagues are complaining for too many cats finished their lime leaves ;P and pass me a few.

[peppermint]

Your little potted plant will probably attract more CMs to it than the big plant.

haha, my little potted plant has no biz yet. ;P

[Commander]

haha, my little potted plant has no biz yet. ;P
Be patient... if you have too much biz, you'll have a botak plant...

[dude83]

yep... mine is a plant, only 5 growing tips... shorter than me... so far to date has 5 eggs for now... gonna hatch tomorrow... one CM hatched today in the wee hours... didn't manage to take a shot argh