Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Red Spotted Purple Butterfly

We didn't raise this butterfly from a caterpillar. Instead, we rescued it. It had made it's chrysalis on my parents' house and we removed it and brought it home before they pressure washed their house. Maybe one day we'll be lucky enough to find a Red Spotted Purple egg or caterpillar to raise.

Red Spotted Purple host plants:
  • Aspen
  • Basswood
  • Birch
  • Cottonwood
  • Deerberry
  • Hawthorn
  • Oaks
  • Poplar
  • Oaks
  • Wild cherry
  • Willows

The empty chrysalis:
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The release:
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