Anyone know of a good place you can order a caterpillar for watching them turn into butterflies? Is that something places have locally too?
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I would check faunaclassifieds.com
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I have never not found what I was looking for there
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I've known two people who have purchased this with good results.
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We don't pay for cats. We plant Milkweed and if the Monarchs don't come to us, we get them from a friends garden (which happens to be where the Milkweed came from). Her Milkweed is spreading like....well weeds. And last year, not including the ones she "adopted out", she raised about 60 Monarchs.
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Originally posted by Danielle View PostWe don't pay for cats. We plant Milkweed and if the Monarchs don't come to use, we get them from a friends garden (which happens to be where the Milkweed came from). Her Milkweed is spreading like....well weeds. And last year, not including the ones she "adopted out", she raised about 60 Monarchs.Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!
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Originally posted by SilverSabre25 View PostThis is a really good way to do it; most of the "buy caterpillars to raise and release" seem to be the Painted Lady butterflies...and I've read that those are not really okay to be releasing as they aren't native. (Or something...I forget the exact reason I guess, but there was some reason why it's not really environmentally a good idea to be releasing the Painted Lady butterflies).
Last year we also found a Red Spotted Purple in it's chrysalis, brought it home, waited and watched it emerge and then released it. We also found a Luna Moth cat that started making it's cocoon before we got home. It's on my porch right now. It over wintered there. I can't wait for it to emerge.
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