http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2009/05/10/timothia-lives-on/ Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:03:03 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2009/05/10/timothia-lives-on/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Valerie Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:01:37 +0000 http://texdr.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-10 Love the butterfly condo! If our collection gets out of control this year, I may have to consider constructing something similar. I believe Timothia had OE and that it was the humane thing to put her down. From what I've read, the spores on the abdomen of the mother can rub off and infect the eggs she's laying. Also, the OE spores rub onto the leaves and the larva can ingest them as it munches away. This is why we keep our caterpillars indoors and feed them bleached milkweed. If we have any butterflies that have OE this year, I'm thinking of keeping them in our old fish tank or a large plastic container, which will be easy to bleach, so that they can live a nice life but not spread their disease (gotta keep 'em separated. . . ). Love the butterfly condo! If our collection gets out of control this year, I may have to consider constructing something similar. I believe Timothia had OE and that it was the humane thing to put her down. From what I’ve read, the spores on the abdomen of the mother can rub off and infect the eggs she’s laying. Also, the OE spores rub onto the leaves and the larva can ingest them as it munches away. This is why we keep our caterpillars indoors and feed them bleached milkweed. If we have any butterflies that have OE this year, I’m thinking of keeping them in our old fish tank or a large plastic container, which will be easy to bleach, so that they can live a nice life but not spread their disease (gotta keep ‘em separated. . . ).

]]> http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2009/05/10/timothia-lives-on/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Elizabeth Mon, 11 May 2009 12:33:13 +0000 http://texdr.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-9 While I would like to say "don't kill it because it is God's creation", I have read the explanation of the disease from the link you provided and I have to agree with the last paragraph. Do it to preserve the Magnificent Monarch! While I would like to say “don’t kill it because it is God’s creation”, I have read the explanation of the disease from the link you provided and I have to agree with the last paragraph. Do it to preserve the Magnificent Monarch!

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