monarch caterpillars

Xi Wang xiwang at sprint.ca
Thu Sep 20 17:41:30 EDT 2001


This year, my Monarch larvae took on avg 14 days to go from hatching to
pupation at 25 Celsius.

Peace,
Xi Wang

Martha Rosett Lutz wrote:
> 
> "I have 7 monarchs I am raising in the house.  I have been reading alot
> of info on the internet about when they go into pupa stage.  Mine are
> 47mm long (+or-) and are eating like pigs.  I fear I will run out of
> milkweed before they change."
> 
> Most of the larvae I have raised from eggs will pupate ten days after the
> egg hatches.  If your larvae are 8-9 days old, you have only a day or so to
> go before they spin their little button, hang upside down, and feed no more
> on leaves.
> 
> On the other hand, of the 20 or so larvae I reared this summer, almost half
> were parasitized with multiple tachinid larvae, which emerged when the
> monarchs hung upside down to pupate.
> 
> In Stride,
> Martha Rosett Lutz
> 
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