COllecting P. polystes Egg from the Wild

 This morning, I managed to collect well, one egg of polytes swallowtail butterfly from the new leaf of Murraya plant. The eggs is circular and yellow in color. I cut the tip of the leaf and dip the egg into water for a minute to soak and carefully remove it from the leaf surface using we cotton. You can use brush which is better and preferable as to not inflict damage to the egg. Finally, I place the egg on tissue and artificially incubate indoor in a container. According to my experience and to the previous study by Jaafar & Huzaid (2013), the egg usually hatches after 3 days. Crossing fingers for that!

 

You can see that tiny little yellow egg under artificial incubation