Mutated Monarch

[donald haarmann]

EE <great at sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:37CF97DF.615FCF34 at sympatico.ca...
> I've been raising Eastern Black Swallowtails in southern Ontario (to
> educate myself) for the past few years. I haven't had any problems with
> them.
> The first of 10 emerged this morning. It's definitely mutated. The
> proboscis looks like a bifurcated corkscrew, and won't/can't uncoil,

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I'll give you a WAG.
The eggs were stored where the relative humidity was not optimal.

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donald j haarmann - independently dubious