[Fwd: [Caterpillar] Digest Number 234]

[Paul Cherubini]

Tony Cynor wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone:
> 
> An interesting item for discussion?   Adult life span of P. glaucus.   3
> days or three + weeks.   See reference for gist of the discussion.

As a kid I tagged lots of male Anise Swallowtails in the San Francisco
Bay Area. Since I lived near a hilltop, many of these seemed to live out their
lives patrolling the hilltop. Thus it was easy to recapture the tagged butterflies. 
I remember them living at least 3 weeks. Ditto for western Tiger Swallowtails.
The Tigers were not hilltoppers and were recaptured up to 6 miles away.

Paul Cherubini, Placerville, CA

 
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