Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: A stranger came to visit, 1 by Sheila_FW

Sheila_FW wrote:

flyboyFL wrote:What are not necessary? The sticks?

Right they didn't always use the sticks, so I quit putting them in there.

flyboyFL wrote:I will try to find some of that foam -- maybe at a florist shop.

Foam can be found at craft / hobby stores.

flyboyFL wrote:The fifth one was on a twig of parsley, but fell off and is still twitching, so I laid him on the top of a new twig.

The one that fell may have been in the process of shedding skin, if disturbed may not make it. If it was ready to make chrysalis it may have been parastitized by wasp or fly that deposits their eggs. Either way...it is probably a goner.
On the silk...they put down a silk pad when they start to make a skin change and also when they start to pupate. The pic shows previous skin it crawled out of.