OMG! Cloudless Sulphur
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Comments (6)Susan, I have had red porterweed in the past, but it never came back in the spring - too cold tender - so I've stuck with coral porterweed, which always does come back. Speaking of porterweed, I found a seedling just outside the fence around my house. I've never grown any in that area, so I assume some bird spread the seed from the garden. I've also grown blue/purple porterweed, and it comes back sometimes, sometimes not, so it might be a blue or purple flowering porterweed. I transplanted this seedling to my garden. I had S. coccinea last year, but I don't know if it was the cultivar 'Lady in Red' - whatever type it was, it reseeded prolifically, with many seedlings coming up in my garden this past spring. I planted them where I wanted them, and most all the butterflies, especially sulphurs, just love it, also the hummers use it. I've also got a pink and white salvia, sort of a coral color actually, that's leaves look like S. coccinea, so I guess this is the one you're talking about. It returned from the roots this spring, which was nice. I see butterflies on it occasionally. I don't have any cypress vine, but I should have - it sure attracts sulphurs and hummers, too! Sherry...See Morecloudless sulphur chrysalis question
Comments (1)Far as I know they always do the sling, but if it's come loose or otherwise unattached, but the pupa is not damaged, I'd leave it. If possible, maybe keep the wind or any other movement to a minimum, and wait 'n see! I've only reared a few of these so can't say much else....See MoreChristmas cloudless sulphur... is it too cold to release her?
Comments (7)Actually, I found out a little trick by accident, lol. I tried to feed her one day, and had no luck getting her to unroll her proboscis, and since they are so feisty/hyper and so tiny/delicate I stopped trying and gave up. Well the next day, I noticed she was perched vertically on the side of the mesh cage and she hadn't moved in a while so i did the little "blow" test to see if she moved and happened to notice that right when I did it, she started unrolling her proboscis, so i did it once more and she unrolled it again. So I hurried and made some more sugar water and i got two toothpicks, I wrapped cotton around one toothpick and soaked it in the sugar water, I kept the other toothpick in my other hand and then I picked her up (wings folded, in between my index and middle finger) and I turned her to where she was facing me and lightly blew into her "face??" and as soon as her proboscis started to come out from that little groove, I hurried and put the toothpick inside the little loop and tried to finish unrolling her proboscis, and ran into another issue, lol, their proboscis is soo long, that when you try to unroll it with the toothpick, it gets wrapped around it too tight to finish unrolling, like it gets stuck, so I ended up putting the toothpick underneath the little loop and was able to get it unrolled without any problem and as soon as i got the tip onto the soaked cotton, she left it there and started drinking right away. I held her the whole time, they are so fast, I was afraid I would never catch her if she took off. The cloudless sulphurs seem to be very very delicate compared to the gsts, I noticed ANOTHER leg in the reptarium when I was cleaning it out the other day, long after she had left, and I barely handled her at all while she was indoors, in fact I think I only picked her up twice. The GST i had for three weeks (due to bad weather that prevented me from releasing her) never lost a single leg, or anything else, and I picked her up at least once everyday for 3 weeks to hand feed her. I don't know how the sulphur lost two legs in less than 3 days, she seemed to get around fine in the mesh cage, and anytime I saw her zooming around or getting anxious, I darkened the room and she calmed down almost immediately, so idk. Apparently, she was able to get around just fine even though she had lost a leg (or two) because she didn't seem to have any trouble whatsoever climbing or walking, and her balance didn't seem to be off at all. Just thought I would warn you about he leg issue if you are keeping your CS in a mesh enclosure, not sure if this is a common problem or not....See MoreCloudless Sulphurs
Comments (5)Thanks, Siam, Mary, and Liz! I released a sleepy orange and two red-spotted purples, and a cloudless sulphur is hanging in the cage awaiting release. I took a picture of one of the RSPs after it left, and needed the flash, because it was still early and cloudy - RSPs usually emerge REAL early in the morning, when it's still dark. The flash made its color a different shade of blue, but you can see details here that I usually don't get - Sherry...See MoreMissSherry
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