Sunday, February 12, 2012

Fresh Sheet – February 12, 20012


If you love Paper Kite butterflies, and who doesn’t, you’re going to love this week’s shipment. We’ve received 152 of them along with 413 other pupae from the Philippines. They’re all now emerging you-know-where.


Philippines

44 - Papilio rumanzovia (Crimson Swallowtail)
12 - Papilio palinurus (Banded Peacock)
60 - Papilio lowii (Sunset Swallowtail)
152 - Idea leuconoe (Paper Kite)
27 - Pachliopta kotzeboea (Pink Rose)
40 - Doleschalia bisaltide (Autumn Leaf)
50 - Parthenos sylvia philippensis (The Clipper)
30 - Papilio polytes (Polite Swallowtail)
30 - Cethosia biblis (Red Lacewing)
20 - Ideopsis juventa (Wood Nymph)
100 - Hypolimnas bolina (Blue moon)

Total = 565

“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.


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