Friday, October 16, 2009

Fresh Sheet - October 16, 2009



“Fresh Sheet” is our weekly shipment report of pupae on display in the emerging window. Visit Pacific Science Center’s Tropical Butterfly House and meet our newest residents.



El Salvador

10 - Anteos maerula (Ghost sulfur)
15 - Battus belus (Belus Swallowtail)
15 - Caligo memnon (Owl Butterfly)
08 - Catonephele numilia (Numilia)
20 - Consul fabius (Tiger Leafwing)
20 - Doxocopa laure (Silver Emperor)
10 - Heliconius charitonius (Zebra Longwing)
20 - Heliconius erato (Small Postman)
09 - Heliconius hecale (Tiger Longwing)
20 - Heliconius ismenius (Ismenius Longwing)
80 - Morpho peleides (Blue Morpho)
20 - Morpho polyphemus (White Morpho)
15 - Myscelia cyaniris (Blue Wave Butterfly)
30 - Myscelia ethusa (Royal Blue Butterfly)
10 - Papilio erostratus (Dusky Swallowtail)
30 - Papilio pilumnus (Three-tailed Swallowtail)
10 - Phoebis philea (Orange Barred Sulfur)
10 - Prepona omphale (Blue Belly-Button)

7 comments:

  1. Does anyone recognize the butterfly pictured above? It's on list above.

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  2. Is it the tiger leafwing???

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  3. I was going to say the Hypna clytemnestra but it's not on the list.

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  5. You are correct Lauren! But we just call them Consul fabius.

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  6. Wahoo! And on the SI side of things, I tend toward common names... what can I say?

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  7. Well written. We mostly are making disinsection and desinfection, but we need to learn A lot to be effective.

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