Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 23, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Well, I had an unpleasant experience this morning. I opened up the cage to feed the zebra STs and didn't realize someone had made their chrysalis right at the opening. So I accidentally peeled him off the side. Of course, this got him mad so I got "stinkhorned" (my term for osmertium) first thing in the morning. I felt guilty so I cut the piece of cheesecloth he was on, put him in a plastic container and brought him to work with me. I was worried when I got to work because he had detached himself and was wandering again, but come lunch time he had found a nice place and settled down (again). I got to watch him get in his sling (he was halfway there though by the time I noticed) and I'm still not sure how to describe it. Basically, caterpillars are contortionists. It's crazy.

I had another zebra ST emerge today but he's living in the bf house until the weather warms up tomorrow. Mom swears she saw a Monarch today and she also got a picture of this Tiger Swallowtail. I'm so happy she got a pic because having my parents try to describe over the phone which butterfly they saw was driving me crazy.