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| Photo by Marty Horowitz 2/18/2015 |
Click on this photo and note the red circles that Marty drew around the red eggs.
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| Photo by Ned Harris 2/18/2015 |
In the middle of the photo, note the egg on the upper right of the leaf.
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| Photo by Gene Spesard 2/18/2015 |
Close up of one of the eggs.
The next week (2/25), Gene did some fancy acrobatics to get a shot of two tiny caterpillars that hatched from the eggs above.
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| Photo by Gene Spesard 2/25/2015 |
After the caterpillars grow a bit, they look like this. The caterpillars feed exclusively on the Pipevine plant. After they've grown large enough, they pupate, i.e., they cover up, take themselves apart, and reassemble as Pipevine Swallowtail butterflies. That's what we call complete metamorphosis :-)
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