Swallowtail caterpillar before and after

[CMunzel]

This is one of the caterpillars living on my citrus tree. To practice using my new macro gear, I cut off a couple of the branches, put them in a jar of water in my bath. They started on the living room table but they made too much mess . A week later, it consumed all the best young leaves and doubled in size..... then yesterday it changed its appearance to the grey version in the second photo. 

[Paul]

Looks like it's settling into the next larval stage. Are you planning to keep it through to emergence?

Paul.

[Clicker]

 

 

19 minutes ago, Paul said:

Looks like it's settling into the next larval stage. Are you planning to keep it through to emergence?

Paul.

Now that would be interesting...  I wonder if timelapse  would be a feasible option ...?

[JamesT]

2 hours ago, Paul said:

Looks like it's settling into the next larval stage. Are you planning to keep it through to emergence?

Paul.

It certainly seems to have started to tie itself to the branch.

[CMunzel]

4 hours ago, Clicker said:

 

 

Now that would be interesting...  I wonder if timelapse  would be a feasible option ...?

What would time lapse involve, clicker?

[CMunzel]

5 hours ago, Paul said:

Looks like it's settling into the next larval stage. Are you planning to keep it through to emergence?

Paul.

Yes, I hope to keep it as long as a I can to what happens. The butterflies that laid the eggs are very pretty and I had taken some photos of them a few times over the years - though none good enough to keep. Strangely, I never connected the idea that the pretty butterfly was laying eggs on my tree that would hatch into these caterpillars that would then eat my tree! I learn.

[Paul]

Theres a cute caterpillar that can strip leaves really quickly here - the dagger moth it might be, a cutie, but a boring moth!

[Clicker]

On 17/02/2022 at 17:20, CMunzel said:

What would time lapse involve, clicker?

Well ... how long is a piece of string Cheryl ?  ...  here is a link that might be helpful ....

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-shoot-time-lapse-photography

[Ryewolf]

A very interesting set Cheryl, seems the forum has fostered a lot of Laowa Lens users..