Observation date: July 29, 2018
Date notes: Seen since July 2013
Submitted by: jtomasek
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: We have had a colony of pipevine swallowtail butterflies since summer 2013 on the dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia fimbriata) that grows in our front garden. We have 3-4 cycles of caterpillers/butterflies each year. The caterpillers eat the pipevine down to ground, the pipevine grows back up, the butterflies lay eggs, the caterpillers come back, etc. We have 100's of caterpillers. The caterpiilers crawl onto our front porch and form chrysalises and we have up to 50 chrysalises on our porch each cycle.
Status: Resident
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: July 30, 2018
Coordinator notes: None.
