tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post2415573935427766122..comments2023-11-13T06:25:27.206-05:00Comments on Our Little Acre: Just Another Monarch MondayKylee Baumlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-77166296152449870152015-08-31T09:06:10.533-04:002015-08-31T09:06:10.533-04:00Hi Kylee. I am reading all your monarch posts this...Hi Kylee. I am reading all your monarch posts this AM. <br />I am looking for new ideas for housing monarchs indoors. <br />One idea I have used successfully to keep cut milkweed alive indoors are floral tubes, filled with water. Perhaps you have some around the house. I have also used clean produce containers for houses, poked with holes in the lid. This requires the milkweed to be prostrate in the container, so I prop up the front end of the tube with half a cork, sliced lengthwise to keep the stem in the most water. <br />One year when I raised over 600 monarchs, (that was a good year!), my lower level of the house was covered with produce containers!! The cat loved watching the action. <br />I also use a piece of paper towel in the bottom of the produce container to absorb frass juice, and I " change the diaper" every hour or so, depending on the number of monarchs in the container. <br />That process works well, yet I like your photos of other housing...a fish tank??? D.Dianehttp://dianelasauce.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-92123882489925148772015-08-15T13:47:17.296-04:002015-08-15T13:47:17.296-04:00How wonderful to have so many caterpillars but sad...How wonderful to have so many caterpillars but sad they are killed. I love the idea that my recent visitors might have used the new plants popping up so I will be looking carefully.Donna@Gardens Eye Viewhttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-12839187601187505492015-08-11T22:09:53.025-04:002015-08-11T22:09:53.025-04:00I read this with awe! I've never grown caterpi...I read this with awe! I've never grown caterpillars inside, so I'm going to have to remedy this. Excited! RobinLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543576456983999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-68268963567998824282015-08-11T12:32:24.918-04:002015-08-11T12:32:24.918-04:00I can't wait to see more photos! Each spring a...I can't wait to see more photos! Each spring and fall I usually have black and yellow swallowtail butterflies that I take care of. I've lost most to birds or other predatory bugs this year so I think I'm going to start putting the eggs I find in containers again. I just love when they get so fat on rue and dill that their legs get chubby. Amy Junodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06060344931214062441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-4627628767004739312015-08-11T08:00:21.666-04:002015-08-11T08:00:21.666-04:00I do the same thing! One year I hatched out aroun...I do the same thing! One year I hatched out around 50 monarchs and overwintered around 95 swallowtails (I set this up in an old aquarium on my back porch) Once I started doing this, I can't stop. So glad you were able to do a monarch rescue. Have you ever participated in the Monarch Watch program? That's fun as well.<br />Brendathe blonde gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872887915537947794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-68787368113636308342015-08-11T07:23:33.003-04:002015-08-11T07:23:33.003-04:00You are having too much fun girl. Such excitement ...You are having too much fun girl. Such excitement watching the life cycle of the monarch. One flitted through my garden yesterday. I couldn't get a photo. It seemed to be late for a date and was journeying on.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-54716389050065316242015-08-10T18:36:27.046-04:002015-08-10T18:36:27.046-04:00Thank goodness you found them! How fun to watch th...Thank goodness you found them! How fun to watch them grow on your kitchen counter! I agree, that never gets old! Good times.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110453433202158927noreply@blogger.com