I was away from Gardenweb for quite a while! Wow, so to update on my lepidoptera collecting...

A few weeks ago,

I arrived home from work to find momma Cabbage White laying eggs all over my baby kale plants!

I collected 14 eggs and 9 caterpillars have survived up to this point. :)

This morning, or last night, the 4 biggest larvae migrated to the lid of their container and 3 have pupated!

I'm concerned because there is not nearly enough room in their container for multiple butterflies, even just one is risky in terms of having space to dry their wings.

Is it possible to move the pupae (to a much larger terrarium, with mesh netting on the sides, after they have had some time to finalize the pupating process)? Now I know you can do this with Monarch pupae, but can you move Cabbage White pupae too?

Monarchs hang vertically, while Cabbage Whites attach themselves lengthwise...so I'm not sure how to go about re-attaching them somewhere.

Anyway, yaaaay! I'm excited to have found some healthy butterfly larvae! :D