Photograph by Richard B. Hoppe.
Danaus plexippus -- monarch butterfly egg, resting on Asclepias syriaca (milkweed) leaf, Monroe Township, Knox County, Ohio.
7 Comments
wright1 · 31 May 2010
Here in my part of California they prefer anis. I'm waiting to spot the first caterpillars on the anis clumps I deliberately cultivated outside my kitchen windows.
Anise? The reference says milkweed, period, and that is what I had thought. I did a quick search and suspect it is another butterfly, maybe this, but don't quote me.
Wright is probably thinking of the Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon, which uses anise, and more often, sweet fennel, as a food plant for its caterpillars.
wright1 · 1 June 2010
Stanton: "Wright is probably thinking of the Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon, which uses anise, and more often, sweet fennel, as a food plant for its caterpillars."
I stand corrected, Stanton. I've seen Swallowtails around those anise stands in past years.
wright1 said:
Stanton:
"Wright is probably thinking of the Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon, which uses anise, and more often, sweet fennel, as a food plant for its caterpillars."
I stand corrected, Stanton. I've seen Swallowtails around those anise stands in past years.
Aside from them living on different plants, the caterpillars of the Anise Swallowtail and Monarch are extremely similar (i.e., black stripes on a pale green/white).
Stanton said:
Aside from them living on different plants, the caterpillars of the Anise Swallowtail and Monarch are extremely similar (i.e., black stripes on a pale green/white).
Wright is probably thinking of the Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon, which uses anise, and more often, sweet fennel, as a food plant for its caterpillars.
7 Comments
wright1 · 31 May 2010
Here in my part of California they prefer anis. I'm waiting to spot the first caterpillars on the anis clumps I deliberately cultivated outside my kitchen windows.
Matt Young · 31 May 2010
Anise? The reference says milkweed, period, and that is what I had thought. I did a quick search and suspect it is another butterfly, maybe this, but don't quote me.
Stanton · 31 May 2010
Wright is probably thinking of the Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon, which uses anise, and more often, sweet fennel, as a food plant for its caterpillars.
wright1 · 1 June 2010
Stanton:
"Wright is probably thinking of the Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon, which uses anise, and more often, sweet fennel, as a food plant for its caterpillars."
I stand corrected, Stanton. I've seen Swallowtails around those anise stands in past years.
Stanton · 1 June 2010
RBH · 1 June 2010
santa · 21 June 2010
Wright is probably thinking of the Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon, which uses anise, and more often, sweet fennel, as a food plant for its caterpillars.