Carleton Newsroom covers my research — by Unknown on Tuesday, 26 June 2012

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A pastry caterpillar attacked by bird during my field experiment in 2010 Carleton Newsroom just posted a story about my research. The...

Papilio canadensis eggs and 1st instar — by Unknown on Wednesday, 20 June 2012

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Eggs and Hatchlings! One of the female butterflies that I had sleeved over a branch of Trembling Aspen laid 2 eggs on June 14 2012. Fe...

Effects of eyespots and body colour on caterpillar survival — by Unknown on Friday, 15 June 2012

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What I did and how I did it: an experiment with pastry caterpillars Me (Tom Hossie) examining a late 5th instar Papilio canadensis ...

Sleeving June 2012 — by Unknown on Thursday, 14 June 2012

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So the sapling Populus tremuloides  that I used to sleeve females over last year  has almost no foliage on it this year, presumably because ...

Field Season 2012 — by Unknown on Saturday, 9 June 2012

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This summer I am replicating a few things that I have done over previous summers. First, I am running another field experiment with pastry c...

Caterpillar of the day: Papilio cresphontes — by Unknown on Wednesday, 6 June 2012

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The Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes ( Papilionidae ) Papilio cresphontes caterpillar resting on a lemon leaf. Photo: Wik...

Life is stranger than fiction — by Unknown on Sunday, 3 June 2012

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Eyespot caterpillar the inspiration for a Pokémon character Papilio troilus  looks like the work of a cartoon animator, but instead thi...