The promise of Monarchs and a curious five-year old
Liz Day
beebuzz at kiva.net
Mon Aug 6 16:34:24 EDT 2001
I would be skeptical about using boxes to keep larvae in. The leaves must
be kept fresh, which means either keeping the base of the stems immersed in
water, or having very high humidity in the box (or, I suppose, replacing
with fresh leaves every 6 hours 24 hours a day, but that's not
practical). Generally larger larvae don't do well if closed up in humid
boxes with their own frass; they get sick. It is much better to put the
food in a vase or bottle and then screen, cover, or box around this (or
just leave it in the open and take your chances with them walking off -
usually larvae stay put on their food plant, but not always).
Cheers,
Liz
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Liz Day
Indianapolis, Indiana, central USA (40 N, ~86 W)
Home of budgerigar Tweeter and the beautiful pink inchworm (Eupithecia
miserulata).
USDA zone 5b. Winters ~20F, summers ~85F. Formerly temperate deciduous
forest.
daylight at kiva.net
www.kiva.net/~daylight
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