AWESOME! Thank you for the info! I saw a female lay eggs at my doorstop and I placed a marker so that I don't accidentally step on them. When the eggs hatch, is it possible for me to collect the caterpillars to save them from predators until they mature?
Sweet!!! Yes. You can actually bring them inside and put them in a cup with cuttings of the plant until they hatch. You can raise them inside for a few days until they get a little bigger and then put them outside on the plant. Up to you
Wow. You never know. I’d love to raise them some day. If you find any reference for them and what plant they’d use in Florida please let me know and I’ll go on the hunt!
@KEYS MOTHS So I know that it is a more common thing in Texas, so you could definitely go there and search. I also know that they have other hostplants besides Omphalea, if they cannot find any Omphalea. In Florida, there is only records online for _Urania fulgens_ in Levy, Okaloosa, and Pinellas county, and only one time in each of those counties since 1970. In Texas, large migrations of them are occasionally seen (once every 5 years or so). I can definitely concur with you that it would be glorious if someone could raise them, but the main problem is that Omphalea, their hostplant genus, grows only around two new leaves every year, so you would have to plan well in advance. It is also just a matter of sourcing the cocoons/eggs, as all of the _Urania_ species live in hard to get to places.
Remember the native host plant: Great Alexander! :-)
For sure!! We don’t have that down in South Florida though. They eat some sort of swamp carrot.
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AWESOME! Thank you for the info! I saw a female lay eggs at my doorstop and I placed a marker so that I don't accidentally step on them. When the eggs hatch, is it possible for me to collect the caterpillars to save them from predators until they mature?
Sweet!!! Yes. You can actually bring them inside and put them in a cup with cuttings of the plant until they hatch. You can raise them inside for a few days until they get a little bigger and then put them outside on the plant. Up to you
@@keysmoths5336 Thank you so much :)
How about Michigan? I'm located in Roseville,near Lake St.Clair
Black swallowtails are in Michigan as well. I believe you can plant parsley, dill and carrots to attract the females to lay eggs
I have rue
Does _Urania fulgens_ ever occur where your're at?
No. They don’t make it to Florida
@@keysmoths5336 Huh. That's odd. I have several field guides that say they will occasionally migrate to FL in search of more hostplants
Wow. You never know. I’d love to raise them some day. If you find any reference for them and what plant they’d use in Florida please let me know and I’ll go on the hunt!
@KEYS MOTHS So I know that it is a more common thing in Texas, so you could definitely go there and search. I also know that they have other hostplants besides Omphalea, if they cannot find any Omphalea.
In Florida, there is only records online for _Urania fulgens_ in Levy, Okaloosa, and Pinellas county, and only one time in each of those counties since 1970. In Texas, large migrations of them are occasionally seen (once every 5 years or so).
I can definitely concur with you that it would be glorious if someone could raise them, but the main problem is that Omphalea, their hostplant genus, grows only around two new leaves every year, so you would have to plan well in advance. It is also just a matter of sourcing the cocoons/eggs, as all of the _Urania_ species live in hard to get to places.
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