Not cacti, but fun to share anyway.

Post by **daiv** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:15 am

Found this guy and a friend of his munching on my newly planted Orange tree when they were caterpillars. Well we fed them more and more leaves until finally they made cocoons. Took about two months or so to complete the metomorphosis and viola! Out comes a Giant Swallow Tail. The largest butterfly in North America.

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:17 am

They are both beauties! Harry

hob · Post by **hob** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:57 am

wow what a great butterfly

and there's that cute little girl again

taliesin · Post by **taliesin** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:19 am

hand reared and tame....thats both of the little cuties

Bill in SC · Post by **Bill in SC** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:53 pm

VERY VERY cool Daiv! Priceless photos and a great learning experience for your daughter!! This is how kids are supposed to be raised..
Bill in SC

cactusveda · Post by **cactusveda** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:23 pm

i have few butterfly pics

cactusveda · Post by **cactusveda** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:24 pm

cactusveda · Post by **cactusveda** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:25 pm

Post by **daiv** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:12 pm

Thanks for the comments y'all!

CP -Those must be Indian species, I've never seen any like that in these parts.

mavaz · Post by **mavaz** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:28 pm

Hi Daiv:

Wow.... Beauty both of them. The butterfly name is Papilio cresphontes....and the other beauty one?

Regards

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:18 am

Way Cool

. Great pictues Daiv.

cactusveda · Post by **cactusveda** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:12 am

daiv, why wont you continue with this type of pics and discussion in a thread like mugshots. there are lot of happenings in farms which may not be related to cacti but are interesting like the one you have posted?

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:25 am

Butterflies are among the most beautiful of God's critters, How do you get them to stay still long enough to photograph, come to think of it, Daive how do you get a little girl to stay still that long?

CV you've certainly got some nice ones there too, I love tha brown one with the white tips.

CP

perrycornish · Post by **perrycornish** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:06 pm

Daiv, I loved these pics both of the butterfly and your daughter, Bill in SC said

Priceless photos and a great learning experience for your daughter!! This is how kids are supposed to be raised

and I agree entirely

CV Love your butterflies too,to be honest I like butterflies as much as I like cactus! Would love to have a huge butterfly farm

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:28 pm

I agree CV! Of the more than 3,000 pictures that we took in South Africa, our favorites are of the animals. Here's a butterfly on a buddleya in a botanic garden near Hermanus SA on the southern tip of the country. This is the only one that would stand still long enough to get a pic.