Subject: AMERICAN SWALLOWTAIL/GULF FRIT

From: Eric Jensen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 20:30:11 -0400

I WOULD LIKE SOME INFO ABOUT THESE BUTTERFLIES........

HOW LONG WILL MY AMERICAN SWALLOWTAIL (PAPILIO POLYXENES ASTERIUS) REMAIN IN
CHRYSALIS FORM. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS?  THE CHRYSALIS IS LIGHT BROWN
WITH TWO BEIGE VERTICAL STRIPES.

GULF FRITILLARY (DIONE VANILLAE INSULARIS).   HOW LONG WILL THE GULF FRIT
REMAIN IN CHRYSALIS?  I'VE HAD SEVERAL, BUT KEEP MISSING THE "EMERGENCE"
ALSO IS IT OK TO REMOVE THE CHRYSALIS FROM WHERE IT HANGS TO PLACE IN A
SCREENED ENCLOSURE?  WHEN I TOUCH IT IT CURVES/TWISTS AWAY.

THANKS,
ERIC IN PALM BEACH
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