Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Quick & Easy Cat Cage, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Chris~ The BST is hanging from his own chrysalis that he attached to the top side of the container wile it was on it's side. It is a bit blurry, so I can see how it could be confussing, (sorry). I was surprised too, but the plastic gladware is made from is not too slick for the butterflly to grip. When he closed into his chrysalis I removed the foam block, remaining plant, and wiped it clean... then I sealed it back up until today. If I had opened the container to get a pic, I would just be telling about it, as he flew away very quick.

Sheila, I still can't tell te males from females by appearance either. The only way I have had to know that has been GSTs that fly through or nectar, and those that oviposit. If you come onto anything please let me know.

LOL Karen, These guys crack me up too. They didn't like my stick, sheesh!! Another good thing I have found about this container system is that the silk will easily peel away from all the surfaces, leaving you plenty of that to tie with. Monarchs in particular have a nice stem-like cremaster anyway. They are probably the easiest of all to tie up like this. Here is a pretty good pic of the last one just after making the chrysalis. It is still very soft and lumpy, but you can see the cremaster very well.

:-)