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| The new book, Butterflies of the Cayman Islands by
Richard Askew and Ann Stafford is available for sale
at the National Trust and other local outlets in the
Cayman Islands. It includes detailed information and
beautiful color photographs and is an invaluable resource
for gardeners, students, parents and nature lovers.
It is also available on-line internationally from Apollo
Books - www.apollobooks.com/Newtitles.htm |
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| Look for the booklet: LANDSCAPING
WITH CAYMAN ISLANDS NATIVE PLANTS FOR
BUTTERFLIES AND WILDLIFE - Sold
through the National Trust for the Cayman Islands.
Come to the Visitor Center in the Dart Family
Park 558 A South Church St. on Grand Cayman to
purchase this booklet and other books and products
relating to the Cayman Islands natural and cultural
history. |
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Photos by Tom Poklen, with
thanks |
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See the info about the Milkweed
Butterflies
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The Black Witch moth |
click < here > |
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Butterfly Poster Information |
click < here > |
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Butterfly Information
(Dr. Dick Askew and his wife Tish) |
click < here > |
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Where to Find Butterflies: Captain George Dixon
Park |
click < here > |
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Page of Stamps of the Cayman Island featuring
butterflies |
click < here > |
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Our section on Butterfly Plants on our
plants page |
click < here > |
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| photos by Tom Poklen, with thanks |
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| Cayman Zoe Julia
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| Cuban Red Leaf Bfly
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| White Peacock
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| Crescent Spot
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| Mangrove Buckeye
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| Great Southern White
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| Sugar Cane Skipper
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| Cassius Blue
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Family: DANAIDAE
- The Milkweed Butterflies
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Monarch,
Queen & Soldier
Butterflies
Cayman
Islands species:
Danaus eresimus plexippus,
Danaus gilippus berenice,
Danaus eresimus tethys
They are called Milkweed Butterflies because their larval
food plants are Milkweeds – Asclepiads - plants
containing a white latex - "milk" toxic substances
are incorporated into their bodies, which are distasteful to
bird & lizard predators.
Danaus eresimus & Danaus
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| Soldiers & Queens
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Soldiers: Hindwing
underside with postdiscal series of faint pale
spots
Queens: Have
a gap in the white spots on the black band on the
edge of the forewing - Soldiers don't. Forewing apex
not broadly darkened. Hindwing dark coffee colored
4 – 5mm wide.
Sometimes it's very difficult
to tell a Queen from a Soldier!
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| Black Witch moth |
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Black Witch moth Ascalapha odorata - Family: NOCTUIDAE
(knock-TWO-i-dee). A large, impressive moth. Adults like rotting
fruit. Found esp. in hygrophilic zone (wet, fondness of) – wet
areas. They look as though they have lace trim. This photo
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French
West Indian moth website |
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Dallas
moths |
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Caterpillar Hostplants Candle-Stick Tree (Cassia
alata ). Seasonal Flight Data May-October/November. |
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Photos by Renate Seffer - Many thanks to Ann Stafford of
CaymAnNature for her research and tireless work for Cayman
Islands Butterflys, Moths and their habitats. |
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| Butterfly Poster Information |
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| Please click on the image to the right to
download a copy of our latest poster about butterfly
plants in PDF format (Adobe's Acrobat Reader). |
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Download
Adobe's Acrobat Reader |
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| To see our latest butterfly poster, please click
on the image to the right to download
a copy in PDF format (Adobe's Acrobat Reader). |
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Download
Adobe's Acrobat Reader |
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| Our Collection of Posters |
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| Butterfly Information |
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| Dr. Dick Askew
and his wife Tish in Lorna McCubbin's famous butterfly
garden in West Bay. Dr. Askew is THE expert on Cayman
Islands butterflies and has been coming to the islands
for many years to study them. He established the Insectarium
for the National Trust. Cayman Wildlife Connection was
honored to participate in multiple trail walks to observe
butterflies (and other insects) during their visit in
2002 and hopes to host a return visit soon. |
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| Captain George Dixon Park |
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| The Captain George Dixon Park, East
End, Grand Cayman, is a good place to look for Cayman Islands
Native Butterflies, especially on a sunny morning. Several
Cayman butterfly larval food plants are grown there, (the
plants on which the butterflies lay their eggs, and the
caterpillars eat when they hatch out,) a necessary component
of a varied butterfly garden. There are also colorful flowers
from which the adult butterflies sip nectar. Look for a
rare Monarch and commonly seen species: Queen, Soldier,
Buckeye, White Peacock, Julia, Zebra and Gulf Fritillary,
Cayman Lucas Blue, Great Southern White, Cloudless Sulphur,
Grand Cayman Swallowtail, Long-tailed Skipper, the Monk,
and the dainty little day-flying Duppy Bush moth. |
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