Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Do you raise butterfly cats indoors?, 1 by konkreteblond

konkreteblond wrote:
I am new to Dave's and was wondering (without having to read every old post) how many of you raise any cats inside. What kind? In what type of cage? I have raised a lot of Black Swallowtail's and quite a few Monarch's. I brought most of my BST's inside last year, but not many this year. I did if I found them in their last instar because then I can ensure they make it to a butterfly safely. I had a huge fennel plant that was covered in cats earlier this year. It was being attacked something awful by aphids tho, so there was no way I could bring any of it inside. I just left them all outside and they all ate the fennel together. I only had 9 Monarch's this year, and they were from my parent's milkweed. I've had a lot visiting (about 20 yesterday) but no eggs yet.