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doucanoe
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Comments (8)What a cool find. There must be some Flat-topped Aster somewhere near you because these butterflies only exist near their host plants. These caterpillars will overwinter, which can be tricky because there is a high risk of them drying out. (I tried to overwinter a few one year--failed and didn't want to try it again because I didn't want to harm the local populations). I guess I would encourage you to find the stand of asters somewhere and release most of the caterpillars. They make a web and feed together--hundreds (so you will need a lot of the plant); they stop feeding about August and rest at the base of the plant for the fall/winter. They re-awaken in spring and resume feeding about the time the host plants have re-leafed. There are resources about rearing overwintering caterpillars. If you search on this site for a Ladobe's posts, he gave a detailed explantation of a technique he used to get most overwintering larvae to survive winter. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Overwintering techniques...See MoreLaying eggs on wrong host plant?
Comments (5)You're right Susan, I guess "shooting blanks" would be the wrong term, perhaps "misfiring" would be more appropriate :) It just seemed strange that I saw the butterfly curve its abdomen and carefully touch it to the leaf and hold it for a second, just like when they lay eggs. It did this at least 10 times while I was watching and nothing ever came out. I guess them laying eggs on asparagus is unusual but not unheard of. I only found it listed on two websites as a host plant, but one also stated it was in the carrot family. From what I read it is actually in the lily family...unless there is something else known as asparagus in the carrot family. It will be interesting the see if Christie's cats actually eat the asparagus they were found on or not. My asparagus was not in the same bed as any host plants or touching them in any way, but not too far from them. The monarchs have been strange too as far as the "misfiring" goes. The one had many misfires, but then did actually successfully lay a few eggs. Strange thing was it shoved several bees, wasps, and Japanese beetles out of the way to lay the eggs in the flower heads of common milkweed. The flower heads were also covered with ants. I snatched the eggs up right away before the ants got them. Why she chose to lay there instead of on the many stalks that had young fresh leaves and no predators on them is beyond me :) I raised them and just released them today. Their momma must be doing something right though because they were very big and beautiful!...See Moreeggs eggs eggs and more eggs...
Comments (4)WOW what a great find, I can't tell you what to do about the eggs on the leafs, I'm new to raising cats. I have been looking and looking for monarch cats and have only found 4 and one died, but our first one came out of his cyrisalis this morning. on the other hand we have had plenty of BST cats. good luck with all the eggs michelle...See MoreIt's the wrong recipe, and it's gone wrong! - Crab Cakes
Comments (24)Lou, I have a similar recipe that I use for deviled crab, and I have also substituted canned tuna for the crab with good results as well. It is also baked and then broiled. I'll have to try the salmon recipe, although I really like Marilyn's fresh salmon cakes, and I had no problem with hers falling apart. I'll have to look at her recipe again. I have a feeling now that it was the type of bread I used, as rococogurl suggested. And the recipe does call for fresh bread crumbs as opposed to dried ones. The end result was still very good, even though it was difficult to get them to stick together. I'm considering adding a bit of potato starch to the insides to see if that will make them "stickier". Carol, I had saved your recipe before (it was one of only two that I had saved), but I neglected to look at it before I started. I'll try yours next time, as it looks really more like what I wanted, which is why I saved it in the first place. As for the recipe from the Anapolis native (I saved that one also) - what is regular mustard? My first thought is that it is dried, but it might mean prepared mustard. Crab meat is so cheap right now that I will be making more variations. The first batch of cakes I did not refrigerate, but the second batch had been refrigerated over night, and it had the same problem. I'm pretty sure it is the type of bread, which gave an excellent flavor, BTW. Thanks for all the help! Lars...See Moredoucanoe
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