Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Pipevine Swallowtail Pillars, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
So now I can save the A. elegans for Polydamas in case I get a visit from one looking to oviposit. The fimbrata is pretty big. If all the limbs were stretched out it would be about 8-9ft. There is plenty to take cuttings if needed for any babys I find now.

I thought I had floral foam, but I was wrong... I did have some pearlite to put in glad cups with water and a tiny hole for the cutting to slip through. That seems to be working good.. and if they root I will have more plants to pot up in case I need them.

I was going home right as my Ben was about to get out of school, so I brought them in and had a little Q & A with his class, and showed them the fat crawly PV cats too. His teacher worked along with me very well. These kids are going to know a bit more of the diversity between butterflies, and maybe their curiosities will lead them to study more about them,

I will attempt to chart (on this thread), all the progress with these cats and the eggs that have already hatched from the A. elegans oviposited on last week too.

:o)