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Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor - female
Copyright © 2004 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor - Female
Gainesville, Florida, USA
July 16, 2004
Chrysalis turned dark last night and developed gold spots this morning. Adult emerged very suddenly and took about three hours to expand its wings before flying to a nearby tree. I did not see the very bright iridescence of the male, so I believe "It's a girl"!

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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 17 July, 2004 - 2:12pm
Last updated 1 August, 2006 - 2:39pm

Great followthrough
Thanks for keeping us posted. Congrats!
… Troy Bartlett, 17 July, 2004 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

 
congratulations!, emergence video
Great job. I actually witnessed two emergences of this species three years ago and got several slides plus video. I need to scan the slides (among hundreds of others). They give off this really strange red fluid, which I understand is from the GI tract (meconium). The emergence always happens really fast--just 30 seconds or so. I did not notice the silver spots on the chrysalises before emergence.

I have a Quicktime video of the emergence, linked from this page.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 17 July, 2004 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Broken link
Hi Patrick,

It seems that the hyperlink is broken.
I got: "Not Found -- The requested URL was not found on this server."

Is there a way to fix it ?
… Emile, 31 October, 2008 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry--not available now
Oh, sorry, that has been removed from that site. If I can find the original file, I will post it to Flickr. That may not happen right away, however.
… Cotinis, 1 November, 2008 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your prompt reply, Patrick.
Let us know if you were able to find it.
… Emile, 2 November, 2008 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

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