'Sorry about the wing deformity, but if he can fly, he'll be alright.

Sherry

I hope so! I've been so excited about these! I have 9 more ready to hatch and I don't know how many cats in my habitat

You seem to have more problems than usual with PVSTs. Where are you finding your eggs/cats?

The butterfly with the wing problem is the only problem I've had. I found the eggs and caterpillar on the pipevine I discovered a few miles from my house out in the woods.

You also posted a pic of one of your cats with its osmeterium stuck in the exposed position.

I'm used to PVSTs being trouble free. You posted about two problems and that seemed odd. But since you found the eggs in wild, I have no hypothesis.

I'm sorry! Lol i forgot I posted about the other! Too much on my mind! I discovered that our County sprays the county road sides with weed/plant killer every year for some reason to keep the power lines clear and to prevent invasive species at bay supposedly! They have done this within the last few weeks and I can see a lot of the plant life die off now. My husband is a forester and I went with him to a job site in the woods yesterday. He explained all of it to me. He said it's not a very good plan. A lot of invasive plants get immune to the spray but a lot of your endangered or threatened type natives it ends up hurting. This morning I have several small caterpillar that are acting sick on the bottom of my habitat. So I'm thinking it has to be that spray! I take very good care of any caterpillar that I try to raise. I wash any plants I bring in.. I clean their cage twice a day etc.. this makes me very sad!