Description

Let’s Raise Swallowtails!

Parts I & II

Part One

Online Workshop Set of Eight eBooks by Nigel Venters

The eight eBooks illustrating every subject in this on-line Workshop are now available for purchase as a complete set.

Each eBook focuses entirely on the subject heading. The eBooks are very comprehensive, and the combined document is over 90 pages. The eBooks have color photos and are supplied in .pdf format, either as one complete file or as eight separate eBooks.

The eight eBooks in Let’s Raise Swallowtails Part One are:

1. Swallowtails – their habits and locating suitable areas to collect livestock.
2. Simple to breed species, to start off your breeding program.
3. Pairing Techniques, hand-pairing versus natural pairings.
4. Host-plants, how to choose what to use.
5. Getting the females to lay eggs.
6. Eggs, larvae and pupae handling.
7. Avoiding parasites and disease.
8. The individual species in detail, and this will include notes on breeding the following Swallowtail species:
   1. USA – All the Swallowtail species known from the US.
   2. Europe – All the Swallowtail species known from Europe.
   3. Australia– All the Swallowtail species known from Australia.
   4. The Far East – Many species from the Far East, however, this will not be so comprehensive as there are so many species there!
   5. Africa – Many species from Africa, however, this will not be so comprehensive as there are so many species there!
   6. Central &South America– Many species from Central & South America, however, this will not be so comprehensive as there are so many species there!

Species covered: (Fennel; Rue; “citrus” family; and Aristolochia Feeders)

 

(Part Two)

Online Workshop Set of Eight eBooks by Nigel Venters

The eight eBooks illustrating every subject in this on-line Workshop are now available for purchase as a complete set.

Each eBook focuses entirely on the subject heading. The eBooks are very comprehensive, and the combined document is over 90 pages. The eBooks have color photos and are supplied in .pdf format, either as one complete file or as eight separate eBooks.

1. Some new notes on breeding the Carrot family feeding Swallowtails on Artificial Diet
2. Success with some of the more difficult Swallowtail species to breed
3. Temperature experiments
4. Larvae and Pupae, overwintering, forcing and coordinated emergence
5. Hybridization techniques
6. Mimicry
7. Avoiding Parasites & disease
8. Notes on breeding the individual Swallowtail species (divided by country or region).

Species covered include: (Laurel, Deciduous Trees and other hostplant feeders)

• Tigers
• Parides
• Birdwings (Ornithoptera)