Janet Baraclough.. wrote:

Okay...thinks, what else does a chrysalid look like ?

A chrysalis looks like a sewing machine shuttle.

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Janet Baraclough.. wrote in
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Janet Baraclough.. wrote in
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If you find any pupae or chrysalids (looks like a tiny alien
spaceship), you might like to keep one or two under observation in
a jar

Can you be a little more specific? My experience with alien
spaceships is somewhat limited.

So, you've never even been abducted, and any children you have,
appear
to be completely human?

Okay...thinks, what else does a chrysalid look like ? How about, a
teeny weeny one-man mountain bivouac tent, the sort with a pointy end.

Janet

It's about a week and a half too early for this sort of thing, but now that
you mention it, I do have a 6 year-old son. He's been getting teased a lot
at school. The mother keeps insisting that I'm the father, but now I'm
starting to have my doubts. I don't have a digital camera (and since the
kid is only 6, I wouldn't stick his picture on the internet anyway), but I
found this drawing that looks almost exactly like him (hope this tinyurl
business works):

http://tinyurl.com/28gv5

and here's a picture of me (I'm on the right):

http://tinyurl.com/ysomj

Janet Baraclough.. wrote in
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The message
from Salty Thumb contains these words:

Janet Baraclough.. wrote in
:

If you find any pupae or chrysalids (looks like a tiny alien
spaceship), you might like to keep one or two under observation in
a jar

Can you be a little more specific? My experience with alien
spaceships is somewhat limited.

So, you've never even been abducted, and any children you have,
appear
to be completely human?

Okay...thinks, what else does a chrysalid look like ? How about, a
teeny weeny one-man mountain bivouac tent, the sort with a pointy end.

Janet

It's about a week and a half too early for this sort of thing, but now that
you mention it, I do have a 6 year-old son. He's been getting teased a lot
at school. The mother keeps insisting that I'm the father, but now I'm
starting to have my doubts. I don't have a digital camera (and since the
kid is only 6, I wouldn't stick his picture on the internet anyway), but I
found this drawing that looks almost exactly like him (hope this tinyurl
business works):

http://tinyurl.com/28gv5

and here's a picture of me (I'm on the right):

http://tinyurl.com/ysomj

On 19 Mar 2004 12:08:26 -0800, (Genevieve)
wrote:

I want to encourage butterflies in my garden, but the caterpillars are
consuming the milkweed plant. The plant is practically leafless now.

Will the plant bounce back? How should I deal w/these critters?

Genevieve
Zone 9

Be happy they're eating it! It's the only thing that they do eat.
Far as I'm concerned they only exist for monarchs to eat! ;-)
I tried to kill out milkweed out front by pulling it over and over.
Of course that didn't work to get rid of it. Only once in many years
did I see a caterpillar. I finally sprayed it with roundup, and that
got rid of it.

So, I think your plant will be baaaaaahhhK ;-)

Janice

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I want to encourage butterflies in my garden, but the caterpillars are
consuming the milkweed plant. The plant is practically leafless now.

Will the plant bounce back? How should I deal w/these critters?

Genevieve
Zone 9


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(Genevieve) wrote in message . com...
I want to encourage butterflies in my garden, but the caterpillars are
consuming the milkweed plant. The plant is practically leafless now.

Will the plant bounce back? How should I deal w/these critters?

Genevieve
Zone 9

Thanks to all for the replies! I am on the lookout for more milkweed
for my mulit-legged friends. The plant I have right now is Tropical
Milkweed with great fiery blooms of yellow, orange and red. Too bad
there are no blooms left! :-)

As it stands, the caterpillars are now gone (I'll keep an eye out for
the alien pods) and the milkweed is reduced to a few green sticks
protruding from the ground.

I'll do my part for the Monarch population. Thanks again!

Genevieve

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 01:28:31 GMT, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:

The message
from (Genevieve) contains these words:

I want to encourage butterflies in my garden, but the caterpillars are
consuming the milkweed plant. The plant is practically leafless now.

Will the plant bounce back? How should I deal w/these critters?

Remember, butterflies don't just look for their own food plants. They
also look for (very specific) plants to lay their eggs on.Usually the
butterfly and its caterpillar feed on completely different plants, so
you need to provide different food for both to support the full breeding
cycle. Those caterpillars you're feeding are going to turn into lots of
butterflies, so you're succeeding. Once they reach the pupating stage,
obviously they stop eating leaves.

If you find any pupae or chrysalids (looks like a tiny alien
spaceship), you might like to keep one or two under observation in a jar
in the house so you can have the wonderful experience of watching the
butterfly emerging with its wings all damp and folded up, then expanding
them to their full glory for the first time.Once it does, let it outside
of course.

Janet
oh , I love the butter flies for a suprize gift for my daughters
b-day one year
we ordered a shipment of butterflies
and a aviary for them she was thrilled we watched them as catipillars
and then through the chrysilis stage then they came out oh how she
went crazy she never left their side for two whole days we fed them
in the aviary and then I turned them loose in my butterfly garden and
they had food a plenty and water too so they stayed she would watch
them all day she loved them so much that we do it every year and the
whole family really gets into it and we get different ones each year
but no monarchs yet just swollo tale painted ladies and some others
the best family tradition i ever had
http://www.thebutterflysite.com/gardening.shtml
http://www.kidenergy.com/products-learning-series.html
these links might intrest any one who wants to plant a garden and
then fill it with their own little cultivated butterflies
have lots of fun and do it with your kids , grand kids or borrow
someone elses kids :-)
he he
michelle

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:16:31 GMT, Salty Thumb
wrote:

Janet Baraclough.. wrote in
:

If you find any pupae or chrysalids (looks like a tiny alien
spaceship), you might like to keep one or two under observation in a jar

Can you be a little more specific? My experience with alien spaceships is
somewhat limited.

:-)
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/butterflies/?src=h_b
http://www.acnatsci.org/museum/
http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/cycle/index.htmlx
these three links have great info on the butterfly and the last has a
picture of a chrysilis
have fun watching butterflies

On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:54:26 GMT, Salty Thumb
wrote:

Janet Baraclough.. wrote in
:

The message
from Salty Thumb contains these words:

Janet Baraclough.. wrote in
:

If you find any pupae or chrysalids (looks like a tiny alien
spaceship), you might like to keep one or two under observation in
a jar

Can you be a little more specific? My experience with alien
spaceships is somewhat limited.

So, you've never even been abducted, and any children you have,
appear
to be completely human?

Okay...thinks, what else does a chrysalid look like ? How about, a
teeny weeny one-man mountain bivouac tent, the sort with a pointy end.

Janet

It's about a week and a half too early for this sort of thing, but now that
you mention it, I do have a 6 year-old son. He's been getting teased a lot
at school. The mother keeps insisting that I'm the father, but now I'm
starting to have my doubts. I don't have a digital camera (and since the
kid is only 6, I wouldn't stick his picture on the internet anyway), but I
found this drawing that looks almost exactly like him (hope this tinyurl
business works):

http://tinyurl.com/28gv5

and here's a picture of me (I'm on the right):

http://tinyurl.com/ysomj


lol some times you guys just arn't right :-)

On 22 Mar 2004 07:51:28 -0800, (Genevieve)
wrote:

(Genevieve) wrote in message . com...
I want to encourage butterflies in my garden, but the caterpillars are
consuming the milkweed plant. The plant is practically leafless now.

Will the plant bounce back? How should I deal w/these critters?

Genevieve
Zone 9

Thanks to all for the replies! I am on the lookout for more milkweed
for my mulit-legged friends. The plant I have right now is Tropical
Milkweed with great fiery blooms of yellow, orange and red. Too bad
there are no blooms left! :-)

As it stands, the caterpillars are now gone (I'll keep an eye out for
the alien pods) and the milkweed is reduced to a few green sticks
protruding from the ground.

I'll do my part for the Monarch population. Thanks again!

Genevieve
Good Show Good Show Here Here more butterflies for all