P. polyxenes diapause

JJCardinal jjcardinal at aol.com
Thu Aug 30 22:12:52 EDT 2001


>If black swallowtail larvae are raised indoors, will this affect whether
>they will diapause thru the winter? 

I overwinter my swallowtail chrysalids in the vegetable crisper section of my
refrigerator set on 44 degrees.  I place them in a cotton-lined box so as they
do not touch each other.  If they are not kept cool they will most definitely
emerge too early.

Louise Dawson

 
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