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Is Butterfly World still around?This morning I was very happy to release two newly hatched Green Malachite butterflies into area code 33322.
Some food plants do exist, but I have never, ever seen one in the wild here or anywhere else.
They came from Butterfly World in Coconut Creek Florida
Yes.Is Butterfly World still around?
Beautiful! They look yellow rather than green in the posted photo (or maybe it's my monitor) so seem rather similar to a Tiger Swallowtail, but the "tails" on the hindwing aren't as pronounced.This morning I was very happy to release two newly hatched Green Malachite butterflies into area code 33322.
Some food plants do exist, but I have never, ever seen one in the wild here or anywhere else.
They came from Butterfly World in Coconut Creek Florida
The tails aren't very long and they are a striking lime green in the sunlight.Beautiful! They look yellow rather than green in the posted photo (or maybe it's my monitor) so seem rather similar to a Tiger Swallowtail, but the "tails" on the hindwing aren't as pronounced.
Are they in the same family as the swallowtails?
I bought them as chrysalis and hatched them in my home.How totally lovely! Did you buy them for release? Or how does that work? ?
Yes...great idea.Now I am tracking. Awesome way to pick up and later release native butterflies!
Hornworms become a thick bodied, short winged. Dark colored Hawk MOTH or Sphinx moth.I've been contemplating this hobby!
I raised a hornworm in the redfoot's indoor enclosure, but once it dug down, it never came back up ?