Posted by proteus on February 19, 2003 at 15:02:04:
In Reply to: need help with Queen caterpiller posted by pris on November 11, 2002 at 14:24:34:
Here's a site for obtaining milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) seeds. I don't paticularly know how long it takes for milkweed seeds to germinate indoors. Or how long it takes for them to ship it. But if you take the D. gilippus larva, inside to keep warm; and maybe go looking for some milkweed growing wild, in your area that perhaps survived the frost (While your seeds are growing) then maybe you could save it. Sorry, if this isn't helpful, but it was the best I could come up with that was a milkweed plant.
:I'm in ne IL & found what I beleive is a Queen caterpiller in my garden near my carrots a couple of days ago. It was warm them but temps are dropping.
:The milkweed is all dead now from the last hard frost we had. What if anything can I do for this creature? Thanks, Pris
