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| List: MassLep Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 19:37:59 -0400 From: Nancy E. Burke <nanburke...> Subject: [MassLep] Monarch mis-eclosure in Westborough |
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This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02D5_01DAFB14.1ECB5250 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" A chrysalis which had been 20 days into pupation, started eclosure about 9:30 this morning. It could not free itself from the chrysalis, as the feet had little to grasp and it hadn't cracked the shell enough. After an hour, I removed the chrysalis skin from it, and the emergent monarch climbed up the side of the cage. Unfortunately, the wings must have dried out, as it could not pump them out with the hemolymph, and it kept trying to push the wings out with its rear feet. This chrysalis had fallen from the top of the cage after a strong rainstorm about 7 days into pupation. I was able to attach it to a branch I had in the cage. It looked normal, but I'd been having questions about it after it got beyond 14 days. I will euthanize the unfortunate butterfly. I have a remaining chrysalis in the cage, about a week old and should eclose in a about a week, depending on the temperature. That will be it for this year's monarchs for me. Hopefully I will be able to tag that one. It would be the only one this year. Nan Burke -- 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 email to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/02d401dafb35%24a5dcf250%24f196d6f0%<24...> ------=_NextPart_000_02D5_01DAFB14.1ECB5250 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT= =3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Micros= oft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:#0563C1; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:#954F72; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:windowtext; font-weight:bold;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-US link=3D"#0563C1= " vlink=3D"#954F72"><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span= style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>A chrysalis whic= h had been 20 days into pupation, started eclosure about 9:30 this morning.= It could not free itself from the chrysalis, as the feet had little = to grasp and it hadn’t cracked the shell enough. After an hour,= I removed the chrysalis skin from it, and the emergent monarch climbed up = the side of the cage. Unfortunately, the wings must have dried out, a= s it could not pump them out with the hemolymph, and it kept trying to push= the wings out with its rear feet. This chrysalis had fallen from the= top of the cage after a strong rainstorm about 7 days into pupation. = I was able to attach it to a branch I had in the cage. It looked nor= mal, but I’d been having questions about it after it got beyond 14 da= ys. I will euthanize the unfortunate butterfly.<o:p></o:p></span></b>= </p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Ar= ial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><s= pan style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I have a rema= ining chrysalis in the cage, about a week old and should eclose in a about = a week, depending on the temperature. That will be it for this year&#= 8217;s monarchs for me. Hopefully I will be able to tag that one.&nbs= p; It would be the only one this year.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=3D= MsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif= '><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'fo= nt-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Nan Burke<o:p></o:p></span><= /b></p></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 on the web visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.c= om/d/msgid/masslep/02d401dafb35%24a5dcf250%24f196d6f0%<24...>?utm_= medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massl= ep/02d401dafb35%24a5dcf250%24f196d6f0%<24...></a>.<br /> ------=_NextPart_000_02D5_01DAFB14.1ECB5250-- |
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