Caterpillar - Chrysalis - Butterfly

[simpleliving]

Nice coverage of the whole process !

Thanx !!

wah handsome, where did you ta-bao the bugger from?

Bought it from Oh Chin Huat Hydroponic Farms, 14A, Bah Soon Pah Road (off Sembawang Road, near Khatib Camp). Got to know it through TroyP post, thread #4.

poor fella didnt "zip" his proboscis properly
wont live long :cry:

Is the proboscis the opening at the bottom of the butterfly ?
oh no....pray hard for the butterfly...:cry:

 

[Pauche]

Thanx !!



Bought it from Oh Chin Huat Hydroponic Farms, 14A, Bah Soon Pah Road (off Sembawang Road, near Khatib Camp). Got to know it through TroyP post, thread #4.



Is the proboscis the opening at the bottom of the butterfly ?
oh no....pray hard for the butterfly...:cry:

thanks for the info... and how much do they sell for?

 

[Pauche]

The first Tawny Coaster to emerge yesterday. It was out while i am office. Sad.

next time bring it to office!!! :bsmilie:

 

[simpleliving]

thanks for the info... and how much do they sell for?

they sell 2 caterpillars for $3....for the tawny coster and Leopard Lacewing...together with one big stalk of leaves (which you need to soak in water or plant it to keep the leaves good for the caterpillar to eat)..
For the plain tiger i tink you need to buy the plant as well....
seems like the caterpillars feed on certain type of leaves only...

 

[redstone]

poor fella didnt "zip" his proboscis properly
wont live long :cry:

Metamorphorsis defect?

 

[simpleliving]

Metamorphorsis defect?

not too such...anyone willing 2 explain ? thanx

 

[Xiao_shin]

yeap...bought from the farm to keep at home

How much are they selling it? Where? Any special care required?

 

[simpleliving]

How much are they selling it? Where? Any special care required?

Bought it from Oh Chin Huat Hydroponic Farms, 14A, Bah Soon Pah Road (off Sembawang Road, near Khatib Camp). Got to know it through TroyP post, thread #4.
It cost $3 for 2 caterpillars.
You just need to change the leaves every morning and evening, clear the shits everyday. They provide the instructions together with the caterpillar and the aunty in the farm will explain clearly to you as well.

 

[log1t3ch]

Metamorphorsis defect?

not too sure. can be many factors affecting the butterfly. sometimes when they eclose their wings dont dry properly they are as good as dead too as they cannot fly around to mate/ layeggs/feed. easy prey for predators.
only about 1% of the eggs laid actually make it to continuing the cycle of life.

 

[Marcellus]

2 plain tiger with a pot of plant would cost $6SGD. Mine ate all the leaves on the plant just before it pupate. (4 days in total from caterpillar) Now the one week wait till the emerge...

 

[schn00ki3-cak3]

The first Tawny Coaster to emerge yesterday. It was out while i am office. Sad.

#1 Full view

#2 Close up

#3 Empty Shell

alli can say now is....... WOW!! :thumbsup:

 

[sumball]

2 plain tiger with a pot of plant would cost $6SGD. Mine ate all the leaves on the plant just before it pupate. (4 days in total from caterpillar) Now the one week wait till the emerge...

Please note that a Plain Tiger spends more than 4 days in the caterpillar stage.

 

[simpleliving]

not too sure. can be many factors affecting the butterfly. sometimes when they eclose their wings dont dry properly they are as good as dead too as they cannot fly around to mate/ layeggs/feed. easy prey for predators.
only about 1% of the eggs laid actually make it to continuing the cycle of life.

thanx for the info....will watch out next time if i do rear the caterpillars again....it is kind of sad to grow them up and see them fly away from you.

alli can say now is....... WOW!! :thumbsup:

thanx..

 

[simpleliving]

2 plain tiger with a pot of plant would cost $6SGD. Mine ate all the leaves on the plant just before it pupate. (4 days in total from caterpillar) Now the one week wait till the emerge...

Please note that a Plain Tiger spends more than 4 days in the caterpillar stage.

Marcellus, do show pictures of the plain tiger. Also it might not take one week. Hopefully the 2 emerge separately so that you have the first one as a timing guide.
Sumball, thanx for the info. My Leopard Lacewing caterpillar took only 1 days before it pupate. So it could have been out there for days before i bought it. The actual timing begin when it pupates.

 

[Marcellus]

Please note that a Plain Tiger spends more than 4 days in the caterpillar stage.

Yeap but sadly yet lucky mine lasted 4 days only....

 

[melvynyeo]

Good documentary shots!

 

[simpleliving]

Yeap but sadly yet lucky mine lasted 4 days only....

hope u did capture some pics of the caterpillar....has any emerged out after 3 days ? juz wondering....

Good documentary shots!

thanx

 

[Marcellus]

hope u did capture some pics of the caterpillar....has any emerged out after 3 days ? juz wondering....



thanx

yeap did capture afew pics not very nice ones coz kinda shooting thru fish tank glass (*noob with macro*) with scratches. will post them when I'm home if U dun mind

 

[Marcellus]

Plain Tiger

Caterpillar Stage (Pic 1)

Caterpillar Stage (Pic 2)

Caterpillar Stage (Pic 3)

Caterpillar Stage (Pic 4)

 

[Marcellus]

Pupa Stage (Pic 1)

Butterfly Stage (Pic 1)

Butterfly Stage (Pic 2)

Butterfly Stage (Pic 3)

Butterfly Stage (Pic 4)

Sorry if the shots are bad still very new to photography... C&C are welcome