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| List: MassLep Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:18:29 +0000 (UTC) From: 'Wendy Howes' via MassLep <masslep...> Subject: [MassLep] Chrysalids in Hardwick |
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------=_Part_1678891_153614142.1760228309207 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A few weeks ago I rescued maybe 8 or 9 Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars, = along with their sassafras host leaves and branches, just before the town m= owed that section of the roadside. I placed branches, leaves, and cats in m= y butterfly enclosure, but couldn't watch them closely because the bouquets= were pretty dense, and the caterpillars were very successful at hiding. Th= ey were of all different stages. I never discovered what happened to half o= f them, but last week the fourth and final caterpillar pupated. The chrysal= ids will overwinter in the enclosure with a roof overhead but otherwise exp= osed to natural temperature fluctuations throughout winter and next spring/= early summer. It's a great feeling to watch them emerge in summer after suc= h a long wait period. Wendy HowesHardwick --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/360= <181640.1678892.1760228309208...> ------=_Part_1678891_153614142.1760228309207 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div class=3D"yahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"font-fami= ly:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir=3D"ltr" data-se= tdir=3D"false">A few weeks ago I rescued maybe 8 or 9 Spicebush Swallowtail= caterpillars, along with their sassafras host leaves and branches, just be= fore the town mowed that section of the roadside. I placed branches, leaves= , and cats in my butterfly enclosure, but couldn't watch them closely becau= se the bouquets were pretty dense, and the caterpillars were very successfu= l at hiding. They were of all different stages. I never discovered what hap= pened to half of them, but last week the fourth and final caterpillar pupat= ed. The chrysalids will overwinter in the enclosure with a roof overhead bu= t otherwise exposed to natural temperature fluctuations throughout winter a= nd next spring/early summer. It's a great feeling to watch them emerge in s= ummer after such a long wait period.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"f= alse"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Wendy Howes</div><di= v dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Hardwick</div></div></body></html> <p></p> -- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;MassLep" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:masslep+<unsubscribe...>">masslep+uns= <ubscribe...></a>.<br /> To view this discussion visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<360181640.1678892.1760228309208...>?utm_medium=3Demail= &utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/360181640.1= <678892.1760228309208...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_1678891_153614142.1760228309207-- |
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