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Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillars Questions

9 years ago

Hi, I live in Central Florida and I started raising Monarch caterpillars earlier in the year with my five year old daughter. We were successsful with the Monarchs and I decided to try some Cloudless Sulphur butterflies so we bought a popcorn tree. A few days ago I saw a beautiful yellow caterpillar turning into a chrysalis. A couple of hours later, that chrysalis was eaten through. I had noticed wasps eating my Monarch caterpillars a few weeks ago, so I made sure to bring all the Monarch cats inside. We also have several lizards in the backyard. I don't know what ate the cloudless sulphur chrysalis, but today I saw two more caterpillars on the popcorn tree and decided to bring the little branch they were on to the mesh cage with my Monarch chrysalises. I'm not sure what to do now. Can they be handled like the Monarchs caterpillars? How can I feed them? Is it ok to get leaves or branches off the tree to feed them? Is there anything else they eat that would fit in a s


tandard mesh cage? I just want to make sure that they do not get eaten too. I appreciate any advice I can get. I am very new at this and I want to make sure that I am actually helping them...

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