rearing Miami Blues from (trash-pile) seedpods

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Anne:

I have reared both C. thomasi and S.simaethis from eggs oviposited on Balloon 
Vine. I planted Balloon Vine which grew up the back wall of my home in Coral 
Springs, FL in 1989/91. The eggs were laid on the new forming buds and 
flowers of the vine. Once pods began to form, fourth instar larvae would bore 
into the pods and mature and become pupa. Only after the balloon matured and 
the pod broke apart naturally would the butterfly emerge. The entire process 
took about four weeks.

The flowers of the Balloon Vine would attract Electrostrymon angelia, Strymon 
martialis, S. columella, and Heliconius charitonius.

Cheers,
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