Giant Swallowtail and the Zebra Longwing

[Nigel Venters]

Matthew Smith <MatSmith1 at compuserve.com> wrote in article
<199902130833_MC2-6A55-4000 at compuserve.com>...
> Message text written by INTERNET:semjase at aol.com
> >
> Be careful if you buy from garden centres or nurseries, quite often the
> plants have been sprayed or treated with insecticide, possibly at the
> original supplier. Sales staff may not know that systemic insecticides
have
> been applied before the stock came in.  Check out the plant with a few
> larvae first before putting the whole brood onto them. 

A good tip! This is a fact I learned to my cost when I first got started!
Nigel