Four different species of Owl pupae arrived this week from Costa Rica. Come meet them at a fruit dish!
Costa Rica
8 - Agraulis vanilla (Gulf Fritllary)
8 - Caligo atreus (Yellow-Edged Giant-Owl)
20 - Caligo eurilochus (Forest Giant Owl)
15 - Caligo memnon (Owl Butterfly)
23 - Catonephele numilia (Numilia)
34 - Danaus plexippus (The Monarch)
27 - Dryas iulia (Julia Longwing)
21 - Dryadula phaetusa (Banded Orange Heliconian)
08 - Eryphanis polyxena (Purple Mort Bleu Owl)
16 - Greta oto (Glasswing)
06 - Hamadryas februa (Gray Calico)
23 - Hamadryas feronia (Variable Calico)
12 - Hamadryas laodamia (Starry Calico)
20 - Heliconius charitonius (Zebra Longwing)
29 - Heliconius cydno (Cydno Longwing)
21 - Heliconius doris (Doris Longwing)
26 - Heliconius hecale (Tiger Longwing)
08 - Heliconius hewitsoni (Hewitson’s Longwing)
04 - Papilio torquatus (Band-gapped Swallowtail)
20 - Parides iphidamas (Transandean Cattleheart)
06 - Prepona omphale (Blue Belly-Button)
14 - Siproeta stelenes (Malachite)
Total = 504
That's a really cute picture. Too bad they are different species. Or perhap there's a good story of star crossed love there.
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