Observation date: November 08, 2018
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Finding These 4 larva in November Is Amazing To Me! So Excited! Thank You Ken So Very Much For Telling Me to Look Out For These. Finding out What the Host Was, Amazing! Right Across the Street Red Pom Poms! Planting the Pithecellobium dulce, Pink Tamarind another Host! So Wonderful to Have These For So Many Months Of the Year! I See the Males Patrol All YEAR, Any Month. I have Not seen the Female for A long Time, But Here's Proof That There Around! First Photo is A Early Instar Larva On Web of spun thread They us as a nest! Along Edge Of Leaf is a Strange Sheen I'm Not Sure What It is but it seems to be Anchoring the Web Nest! Second Photo is Another Later instar Larva Several of these are Eating The Young Leaves On Ends of Young Tree Mentioned Before is the second host above! The trees we have Four Now are Very Young From Just Planted this year, and Last year! We got Eggs and Larva Right away after Planting the females Love these Trees! In California! Second Photo of Larva is out near end of Branch to eat young leaves, these are very easy to find on Small Young Trees as there Down Low Where you Can Reach them and Take Photo's. They Strip The Fresh Young Growth of the tips of branches, Don't Worry these Trees Grow Fast and Will Grow new leaves quickly! Just Water and Feed the Tree If its young and just Planted Root Stimulator is Good to use and a garden fertilizer or Chicken or Cow Dung! When you see Butterflies in your area and would like to see them in your yard, Research the Caterpillar Host Plant (What they Eat) Plant it and you will have Butterflies Flying All Around your House! They will Find it very Quickly and Use it. Don't spray Poisons or use Products that contain Poisons to feed your Roses or other plants this Kills Bee's and All the other insects that pollinate The Foods we eat! Well Ken Looks Like there Residents Now! Well At Least For Now! These Wont Hatch out until Dec. so Wow Good Late Sightings! Enjoy! Ps. Also Have Hundreds of Mourning Cloak Larva On Our Willow Tree, This will Be the Third Hatch Out this summer or should I say that this hatch is Early Fall! the Second Flight is Just finishing hatching all over the Walls and fence! Also Still lots of Cloudless Sulphur Larva On the Cassia in the Front Yard! Last few days even getting Pygmy Blue in the front yard on Nectar. Lots of Gulf Frit. Larva in Yard also all over the Passion Vine! Thats another that would do good in Your Yard! Also Citrus Dogs on the Trees Decided to raise just a few this year because there so lovely! Remember Plant It They Will Come! A Butterfly Garden is a Good as you Make it! Just Like Life!
Status: Temporary Colonist
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: November 09, 2018
Coordinator notes: None.
