No, am not talking about her on the thumbnail. She won't pass doing the quirky when it comes to laying eggs, she's one of those that observes and does the normal, usual - in other words, a rather common way for a butterfly to lay its eggs. Yes, she may look pretty awkward here but that's my own doing, taking this pic this way.
Have you ever seen a butterfly lay it's egg? I have and you do now, too!
We all know that my first butterfly pet which I wrote about here was a cabbage butterfly. I named him; YELLOW, just like the color of his wings. I had him early April last year but I didn't see his mom lay him as an egg.
I had Yellow some time in late March and early April last year but my cabbage butterfly adventure, actually was - extended till late summer.
No, those butterflies on the pictures aren't a cabbage butterfly. They're something else and I'd like to know which sort that is.
Why? It's because it left me several eggs. Yes, these eggs and no, they don't look like these, nowadays.
This beauty has left me a souvenir and I got the whole process of her doing it on candid camera. The details about it, you will have to see for yourself on the video below.
Yes, the eggs are still where she left them atm - my baby Japanese plum tree. I wonder whether she chose it because it kind'a served as a camouflage for her or because her future gnawing creepers would have those leaves as a perfect fast food! I could only wish that the plum tree's plagued (by them darn aphids) leaves could hold their gnawing once these eggs hatch, that's if .. they hatch!
After Yellow, I had more cabbage butterflies which I collected as a day or a two - day old caterpillar last summer. I saw them being laid as eggs on my kale plants. It took a day for them to hatch, must be the heat or just their nature.
This beauty's eggs however, haven't. I was worried all winter through that they may freeze during the snowy days.
Until now, I have no idea whether they'd hatch or not so am asking anyone, more so, any butterfly expert in the house. Do you happen to know, which butterfly this is?
It did not only leave me those strange and no-quick hatching eggs but it also showed me some unusual way of what seems to be like - going through some labor like some pregnant women do when their water breaks and their babies are ready to come out!
Why is it the most unusual way for a butterfly to lay it's eggs? If it's considerably unusual, what is the usual way that any butterfly does when laying it's egg? Curious much already? Watch that vid and tell me what you think.
Did you get this far? Thank you for reading, not the many here do that anymore, they do what most butterflies do when laying their eggs!
ah, dank je wel!
wist niet dat dat zeldzaam was .. dacht ik wel want dat is het aller eerste keer dat ik dat ooit zag
ik krijg veel rare insecten in mijn achtertuin tegewoorden
ook in mijn moestuin .. heb een kleine groene kickertje gevonden
die was zo schattig zo als die vlinder!
I saw your comment earlier on but the darn VI is too low so I was hesitatin to come back
Eggs that become like little eyes, shortly before they hatch, did not know that either. Lots of caterpillars crawling around happy in a feest of green food.
(Then I remembered in Sonsbeek 2017 there was one crossing the pathway. It was not harmed either, but safely made it to the other side.)
Fun to watch the video with you presenting from the kitchen. 😎👍
hey, not really he he it was trying to lay its eggs on it hahaha
.. ik wist dat het fout is hahaha dacht ik al ! wie klim nou naar beneden hahahah - maar het klinkt cute toch? hahaha
dank je wel en jij ook fijne dag!
sorry for the late reply, I went to BE during the weekend :D
#nl Ah leuk, op bezoek bij de zuiderburen. Volgens mij is naar beneden klimmen wel correct, maar ik vond het komisch zo spontaan tussen het Engelse door. 😊
#EN Replies are always at the right time. 😉 Kind regards from here to there!
Wow, never seen an actual butterfly laying eggs. It's pretty rare that someone can capture it. How long did it take you to take the photo or did it just happen to be the exact moment?
They were on it so I can't really say it was hard.
I did have to use the sports setting I guess but am not sure whether it's the same setting on that thumbnail, I tend to switch setting pretty often that's why
Looks like the rare brown hairstreak. It's on the Dutch rode lijst as endangered.
ah, dank je wel!
wist niet dat dat zeldzaam was .. dacht ik wel want dat is het aller eerste keer dat ik dat ooit zag
ik krijg veel rare insecten in mijn achtertuin tegewoorden
ook in mijn moestuin .. heb een kleine groene kickertje gevonden
die was zo schattig zo als die vlinder!
I saw your comment earlier on but the darn VI is too low so I was hesitatin to come back
Did not know about this proces of butterflies laying eggs. Thank you for showing how it works.
So you almost had you mobile phone completely covered in butterfly eggs? 😁
#NL "Even naar beneden klimmen..."
Eggs that become like little eyes, shortly before they hatch, did not know that either. Lots of caterpillars crawling around happy in a feest of green food.
(Then I remembered in Sonsbeek 2017 there was one crossing the pathway. It was not harmed either, but safely made it to the other side.)
Fun to watch the video with you presenting from the kitchen. 😎👍
Have a great weekend!
hey, not really he he it was trying to lay its eggs on it hahaha
.. ik wist dat het fout is hahaha dacht ik al ! wie klim nou naar beneden hahahah - maar het klinkt cute toch? hahaha
dank je wel en jij ook fijne dag!
sorry for the late reply, I went to BE during the weekend :D
#nl Ah leuk, op bezoek bij de zuiderburen. Volgens mij is naar beneden klimmen wel correct, maar ik vond het komisch zo spontaan tussen het Engelse door. 😊
#EN Replies are always at the right time. 😉 Kind regards from here to there!
Hi Ivy,
do you know this specialist?
@faltermann
Best regards
@double-u
Edit: "faltermann" means "butterfly-man"
hey @double-u sorry for the late reply,
no not really but do now, thanks to you!
Wooow it really looks very unusually 😮😮😮. Before i saw only normal way of butterfly birth. It was a half year ago in Mexico.
Greetings mon ami,
How are you?
Lovely post topic and splendid photographs......the patience you must have.....is appreciated!
Wishing you all the best.....from bleujay. xox
Cheers!
am good mon ami
thank you!
Video not available yet. But don't know the answer anyway. lol
ocrdu heeft het wel
Wow, never seen an actual butterfly laying eggs. It's pretty rare that someone can capture it. How long did it take you to take the photo or did it just happen to be the exact moment?
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They were on it so I can't really say it was hard.
I did have to use the sports setting I guess but am not sure whether it's the same setting on that thumbnail, I tend to switch setting pretty often that's why
wow first time for me too seeing butterfly eggs
you are always original Ivy.