The promise of Monarchs and a curious five-year old

Sunsol SUNSOL at prodigy.net
Wed Aug 8 08:25:51 EDT 2001


I generally leave the caterpillars on an uncaged bouquet until that get big.
They tend to wander before they pupate, and I try to cage them before they
wander.

Sally
Liz Day <beebuzz at kiva.net> wrote in message
news:4.3.2.7.1.20010806235634.00aa4c50 at b.pop.kiva.net...
> >I know people who are quite successful with the little boxes, but they
>  >keep the boxes on desk or table where they are frequently checked, and
>  >they keep them meticulously clean.
>
> Yes, you describe exactly my procedure with tiny larvae.   Every 12 hours
> the box is opened, rinsed, frass dumped and knocked off leaves, paper
towel
> replaced, larvae checked for health, etc.   But when they hit their second
> instar and/or get big enough to see easily, they go to the open air.
When
> I've tried to raise larvae to adulthood in these boxes, they've died.
>
>  >... after filling your vase with water, take a piece of plastic wrap,
put
> it over the jar or vase, poke a little hole in it for the plant stem,
>
> Or plug the top with paper towel.
>
> Liz Day
> (More details can be found on my web site
www.kiva.net/~daylight/moth.html )
>
>
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