Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 37, 0 by LindaTX8

LindaTX8 wrote:
Cat, I raised some of those last year. I found a female moth on the ground and put in a large paper bag and it laid eggs...some on the leaves I put in there with her, some not. The many cats that hatched took a VERY loooong time to develop. I'm wondering if they'll be back this year. I even let some of them use leaves from my prized Bigtooth Maple. This is what a mature cat looks like, although it looks brownish through most of its development.
Kim...it's true, sometimes it takes a while for them to find your host plants. The Pipevine Swallowtails still don't have my place on their host plant map, however, even though it's been years. Guess I'll have to go to a nursery that usually has those cats....AGAIN!

This message was edited Jun 5, 2008 10:58 AM