Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 12, 0 by LindaTX8

LindaTX8 wrote:
It can indeed be discouraging to see the cats grow and then die...or even get to the point of pupating and then die. But in nature they die in large percentages so we can't expect them all to make it all the time. Especially if we find them after the cats were outside in nature for a while. I have lost 4 Queen cats (earlier found outside as cats) in the last few days. 2 died while still cats, 2 tried to pupate and just as they were forming the chrysalis, something went wrong...they died. It happens. Nothing I could do. I have one remaining Queen cat I found as an egg and 2 eggs just found yesterday...I can only try to help..maybe they will survive, who knows? This area is having a lot of butterfly problems...maybe because of excessive rainfall for a month and a half. I just don't know..but suspect a certain viral disease that kills 100% of infected cats. The GST have disappeared entirely in this area. This is a highly unusual situation that I've never seen before. I'll just have to wait it out and won't give up on my butterfly friends. It cheered me up when this lovely perfect butterfly eclosed today...this after the RSP eclosed the other day (I already posted a pic):