When I was strolling around in the backyard, I checked the curry plant and all of the sudden, I came across again the long lasting caterpillars of Papilio polytes. They were seven of them with one huge fellow which I think is in its final instar. For your information, this is the first insect species I have been studying for the past 3 years in 2006, right after I finished the undergraduate years. I have always wanted to make them as a model species for genetic studies; at least for me. I collected them and placed in empty cups with ample food separately to grow them until adult. I am planning to bring them to the lab and start a lab-bred colony for future study once I finish my PhD study.
Cheap enclosure for them to grow until adulthood...
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