Building or buying a caterpillar house

Bill Cornelius billcor at mail.mcn.org
Thu Oct 4 20:31:29 EDT 2001


Lodewyk:
A net sleeve around the hostplant will keep most predators out. Like an
old sheer window curtain, folded over & sewn into a large bag shape,
slipped over the plant , and closed tightly with a drawstring or
twist-tie.
Bill

Lodewyk Lemmer wrote:

> Can any one help me with obtaining a caterpillar house or obtaining
> plans for building one with recommended materials?
>
> I have in mind a structure on the lines of a chicken coop or pigeon
> loft in which food and nectar plants can be set in pots and where the
> caterpillars could safely mature and the butterflies emerge and be
> released.
>
> I have a comprehensive butterfly garden but fear that the mortality
> rate of caterpillars is extremely high, mostly due to a healthy
> population of Florida lizards. I should like to harvest at least some
> caterpillars and rear them to maturity in such an enclosure.
>
> I am sure that some one has done this before and that I do not need to
> re-invent the wheel.
>
> Your help will be much appreciated.
> 
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