It also took down someone else's feeders. Other people in the neighborhood have seen it and they say it was born last year. I've been making sure I'm inside before dark because I don't want to run into it. One had lots of holes in the metal but I think it might still be usable.
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One might be fixable if I can figure out how to put it back together. It dragged three of our feeders off and totally destroyed the one. Of course, I'm also into birds, and that's fun too, but we've had to take all of our feeders down because we've had a bear coming around here a couple times a week. The few I have are only an inch tall, which is pitiful for this time of the year. I didn't have luck with my TMW coming up this year for some reason, so I had to buy some from a butterfly farmer, so thank goodness he had some. I used to have 14 rue plants but took it all out but two plants because we're so allergic to it. Oh, and we did just see some Giant Swallowtail eggs on the gas plants, but I'm holding off on bringing them in because I don't have luck with the cats when they're tiny. So far this year all we've had lay eggs were some American Ladies and a few Black Swallowtails. Even if I never get them, Amber and I get to raise lots of other kinds, so that's nice. One of the butterfly guys on the BAMONA website had told me one time that there are usually lots of ZSTs that puddle along the river several counties away from here, so you just never know. My trees here have probably finally gotten about as tall as I am and I have yet to see a ZST here at all, but maybe someday. They are fairly easy for humans to approach.Wow, Angie, I'm impressed! I'd say you're one of the few people on here who have gotten to raise Zebra Swallowtails. Their hair-like projections act as false antennae to lure predators into biting their wings, rather than their head, which allows them to escape. The Great Purple Hairstreak is rare in Pennsylvania. They find a spot to overlook their territory and will fly at anything that moves into the area, including humans. These butterflies are incredibly territorial. However, their name is deceiving because only the males have orange on their wings, whereas females are white with a single black spot. The harbinger of spring, in all its range, Falcate Orangetips are almost always seen in flight. Females lay their eggs on pea plants, which the larvae enjoy munching on. Named for the yellow on the forewing which resembles a dog’s head, the Southern Dogface takes on a pink hue in the winter. It is also called the Thistle Butterfly because it is the caterpillar’s favorite snack. Known as the Cosmopolitan, the Painted Lady is the most common butterfly in the world. Female Common Buckeyes are larger than their male counterparts. They are found in most counties in Pennsylvania. These butterflies are easily recognizable by their large eyespots on their wings. Each year they migrate over 2,000 miles to California and Mexico, and have been doing so for thousands of years. Their orange coloring warns predators not to eat them. Monarch Butterflies are the most recognizable and can reach a wingspan up to five inches, the longest of all butterflies. Adult Mourning Cloaks live ten to eleven months and are believed to be the butterflies with the longest life span. This butterfly is one of the first to be seen each year, usually in February or March, but rests during the hot and dry season.
The female will mimic the Pipevine Swallowtail, which is poisonous, so as to avoid predation. The Diana Fritillary is incredibly rare, and in fact has not been sighted in Pennsylvania since the late nineteenth century. So aptly named for the mammal that it resembles, male Zebra Swallowtails puddle, or rest in sandy or gravely areas to absorb salts and amino acids, which aid in their reproduction. Here is a selection of ten out of the one hundred and eighty-six species that make up Pennsylvania’s unique butterfly population. Wright, the butterflies that traverse the state are described in stunning detail, with over 900 color photos to complement them. In a comprehensive guide, Butterflies of Pennsylvania: a field guide by James L. JThe Ten Most Captivating Butterflies in Pennsylvania
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