<div dir="auto">Yes, I ordered artificial food on Amazon today when I discovered the eggs. It says it will arrive on April 8th. From what i can find online the eggs will hatch in 3-5 days so I didn't know what to do if they hatched before it arrived. Would the refrigerator be too cold or dehydrate them if we try to slow them down? Should I move the plant out of our butterfly enclosure? We have a 24"x24"x34" butterfly tent.<div dir="auto">Thanks for your help! </div><div dir="auto">Kelly Moody</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 4:41 PM John Shuey <<a href="mailto:jshuey@tnc.org">jshuey@tnc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m guessing from your email that you have ordered artificial diet – right? Then all you have to do is to delay egg hatching by keeping the eggs cool – like in the high 30’s or low 40’s.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Leps-l <<a href="mailto:leps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">leps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of
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<b>Subject:</b> [Leps-l] Buterfly larval food recipe<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This may be out of the blue but I found your email looking through some pages about making my own butterfly food. We have been raising some painted Ladies from my son's class and they have laid eggs. Because everything is shut down right
now I'm not sure where to get them food in time for them to hatch. Right now they are laid on a gerbera daisy. do you have any suggestions until Amazon comes through?<u></u><u></u></p>
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