tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post2995270115117078975..comments2024-03-28T19:03:45.448+08:00Comments on Butterflies of Singapore: Life History of the Scarce SilverstreakCommanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03035224272922037277noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post-64687490587237349912013-04-30T00:37:09.909+08:002013-04-30T00:37:09.909+08:00Thanks, abhay. :)
No, ants were not necessary to r...Thanks, abhay. :)<br />No, ants were not necessary to rear the butterfly from the egg stage. Horacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159288580693656871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post-60823257831514283952013-04-29T13:40:23.388+08:002013-04-29T13:40:23.388+08:00Beautiful!!
Does ants are necessary for rearing t...Beautiful!!<br /><br />Does ants are necessary for rearing this butterfly from the egg?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post-43956007750578407472010-01-08T21:58:55.442+08:002010-01-08T21:58:55.442+08:00Hi Atsushi,
Congrats for the successful pupatio...Hi Atsushi,<br /> Congrats for the successful pupation of your caterpillar. <br /> If the pupa is secured properly via its cremaster to the silk pad on the leaf surface, being upside down (on the leaf underside?) should not pose any difficulty to its eclosion as long as you leave enough room around for the adult to crawl out and position itself for expanding/drying of its wings.<br /> <br />HoraceHoracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159288580693656871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post-3628986725701965992010-01-08T11:53:13.773+08:002010-01-08T11:53:13.773+08:00Hi Horace,
My cute caterpillar turned pupa to my ...Hi Horace,<br /><br />My cute caterpillar turned pupa to my joy!<br /><br />But I just wonder if it positioned itself up side down is all right as the pupa did. Can the butterfly successfully hatch from the cocoon without difficulties with that position? <br /><br />Atsushiあっつhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728752888628684536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post-860720059878327102009-12-12T12:41:51.926+08:002009-12-12T12:41:51.926+08:00Hi Atsushi,
Best of luck to your 3rd caterpill...Hi Atsushi,<br /> Best of luck to your 3rd caterpillar. :)<br /> I can fully understand your sadness over the loss as I have been through similar situations many times over. <br /><br />HoraceHoracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159288580693656871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post-21259789072969062792009-12-11T15:59:34.661+08:002009-12-11T15:59:34.661+08:00Dear Horace,
Thank you so much for your advice.
...Dear Horace,<br /><br />Thank you so much for your advice. <br /><br />I came to believe my sad experience traced back to the viral infection because I saw and foolishly (and accidentally) touched the blacken half dead caterpillar on the other host plant's leave near by. <br />One is still strong and eats vigorously.<br /><br />But you can imagine how sadden and deeply down I was when two cute caterpillars couldn't make it and I blamed myself. <br /><br />Wish my luck. I will do my best.<br /><br />Again, thank you so much.<br /><br />Atsushiあっつhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728752888628684536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post-75523680436911446782009-12-10T22:22:36.807+08:002009-12-10T22:22:36.807+08:00Hi Atsushi, you can just address me as Horace.
It...Hi Atsushi, you can just address me as Horace.<br /><br />It is sad to learn about the two deaths in your first attempt at breeding the Scarce Silverstreak. Is the third still going strong?<br /><br />From what you described of the two, I believe they were likely to have died from a viral infection. Typically when this happens, I will throw away the container, plus any material which could have come into contact with the infected caterpillar. For more information, please refer to this article at<br />http://www.butterflybreeders.org/public/health/disease_prevention_Polyhedrosis.html<br /><br /><br />As for the leaves, with the plentiful supply of the host plant locally, there is no need to use wet paper for the leaves. For the Scarce Silverstreak, young shoots with young tender leaves should be used and they will last 2 to 3 days before needing replacement.<br /><br />All the best to your breeding effort. :)Horacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159288580693656871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post-32790857358244161532009-12-10T12:56:27.582+08:002009-12-10T12:56:27.582+08:00Hello Mr. Horace,
I am still relatively new to the...Hello Mr. Horace,<br />I am still relatively new to the butterflies in Singapore. I am originally from Japan and I was quite familiar with how to raise butterflies in Japan.<br />Now, my pleasant project is to raise this cute butterfly and I found a few caterpillars to my delight. I changed the leaves and cleaned its container everyday to make it clean. But two of three suddenly stopped moving. Initially, I thought they were just temporally still, but it turned out to be they are dead without showing any struggle, just stayed still and fell off and turned black...<br />I was very sad. I just wonder if the water I used to wet paper for the leaves has something to do with their well being. Should I use water to wet the bottom of leave's stem, or just put leaves in the container without wet paper. I am not sure if fluorine in the water is good for the caterpillars. Your advice will be greatly appreciated.<br />Thank you.<br />Atsushiあっつhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728752888628684536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post-50786073675417666542009-06-18T11:13:14.417+08:002009-06-18T11:13:14.417+08:00hi,i need help with aparticular species of butterf...hi,i need help with aparticular species of butterfly that is visiting me on the 12th of every month for last 3 months,i hv taken a picture,but it does not match with any of the insects on ur website,please let me get in contact personally as i need to understand this phenomena on a deeper level with science and spiritualism.my email id my_spirit15@hotmail.com<br />regards<br />papiyapapiyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741615997574992606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post-17418979179139819462009-06-08T11:42:02.949+08:002009-06-08T11:42:02.949+08:00Long time no see, Henry. :)
Thanks for your kind w...Long time no see, Henry. :)<br />Thanks for your kind words!<br />Hope to see more your shots in the BC forum.Horacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159288580693656871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432400397162178532.post-52462227348628253062009-06-07T20:30:35.636+08:002009-06-07T20:30:35.636+08:00Finally a detail life-cycle of one of my favorite ...Finally a detail life-cycle of one of my favorite butterfly. Top notch work indeed.Henry Kohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101759737514336641noreply@blogger.com