It's a girl!!

14 years ago

I posted questions regarding our swallowtail caterpillar last fall and today she hatched! It was well worth the wait!

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Kristy :)

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MissSherry
14 years ago
Wow, she is SUCH a beauty, Kristy!! Congrats, congrats!
Sherry
butterflymomok
14 years ago
She's beautiful!
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Look misssherry!! i think it's a girl!
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The males have several different looks in my area. I read somewhere that we have two varieties here, so that may account for some of the differences. Here's a newly emerged male, that is the regular species with the aqua blue hindwings. I love this picture, because of the way the light shone on him - I think this one with green on his hindwings is the subspecies - Some of them have silvery gray hindwings - Like I mentioned, the way the light hits them plays a role in how we see their coloring, but no doubt there are still a lot of true variations also. Sherry
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She is really so lovely. Good job! Thanks for doing this work for the butterflies. It really is so rewarding. Angie
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It's 3 girls and one big handsome boy!
Q
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That's great to hear! We always yell out something to them, along the lines of have a nice life. Or we imagine what they are saying - "woo hoo!! I'm flying!! this is great!! I can see everything!!" And we always think of Miller, if anyone has children you should go to the bookstore or library and get Miller the Green Caterpillar (dreamed that one day he would fly)... If you already have it you know what I mean.
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it's a girl!!!
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This is so exciting! I'm gone for a few hours and look what happens! I saw the pictures on the other thread and she is so tiny and so beautiful! I love her name, that is so special. A thought just hit me ----- Alli-Elodie -- sounds like a yodle in the mountain. Isn't holding your grandchild a most wonderful feeling. You look like a natural with her. Poor DH is really out-numbered now. It's a good thing he has a SIL.
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rubybaby43
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank you!! We released her a little while ago....bittersweet! :) It took her a few beats before she decided she could fly. And when she did I feared she was flying too high! I just don't want the birds to find her before she gets a chance to do her part in this world. I'm going to have a difficult time when my kids leave home!!

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Kristy :)
bananasinohio
14 years ago
Am I mistaken or is that a Canadian Tiger Swallowtail? Too cool! I wish we had those here. It looks absolutely gorgeous! Congrats!
-Elisabeth
rubybaby43
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank you!! I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Canadian or Eastern...she is the same size as all the other ones we see around here. But as you can see I am in MN...it's quite possible she's a Canuck.

Kristy :)

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