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I had a bunch of chrysalides in my butterfly nursery that never eclosed back in September, when I released my last black swallowtail. I put the crate out in the garage, on top of the fridge, for the winter. I look at it every day, because I'd seen a posting by a DG'er about once he had put his crate with uneclosed chrysalids away for the winter, and found to his dismay that somewhere along the way, some of them had eclosed and then died in captivity because he didn't think to check the crate again. Well, sure enough, this morning when I looked at the crate, there is a butterfly!!!!!!!! It's like a miracle!!!! Those chrysalids have been just sitting there, all forlorn, and I never had the heart to clean out the crate and get rid of them. But now I'm very concerned: it's still chilly here (it's 34 degrees right now!) and the only flowers out are camellias and a few brave flowering trees (but just barely). PLEASE HELP, BUTTERFLIERS, WHAT SHOULD I DO? I'm just sick about this!!!
Oh no, I just realized, there are TWO of them!!!!
This message was edited Feb 14, 2008 9:02 AM
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