[Ctleps-l] PVS release update
Emmayct at cs.com
Emmayct at cs.com
Thu May 17 23:51:02 EDT 2012
Yesterday I reported that I had released 2 Pipevine Swallowtails that I had
reared out
late last summer and overwintered as chrysalis in the garage.
Since it was around 4 pm and I had to go to work, I set them out on a
fuschia hanging basket in a sheltered spot just outside a sliding patio door.
Mom kept an eye on them and said that one took off. The other tried to fly but
flew weakly and was picked off by a Catbird.
So much for bad tasting.
I have seen a catbird take a few newly released Black Swallowtails one year.
I wonder how it liked the taste of Pipevine as compared to Black
Swallowtails.
I hope it tasted so bad that it will bother neither this year.
Maryann in Niantic
BTW, another female PVS eclosed tonight. I will release her in the darkness
and hope no bats come along.
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