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May 2, 2016 9:15 AM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Yes, thanks Janet! It's awesome knowing you are around to help! I've been raising butterflies nine years now, and I've had the parasitic wasps that emerge singly from the chrysalis of the butterfly, I've seen the Tachinid Flies and their "fluff" but only in the wild. I suppose I'm lucky that this is my first run in with this parasite. And I suppose the mass quantities of Gulf Fritillaries I have right now probably attract too much attention from predators. This is good info to know for the future. And I'm totally glad I stepped on it! They can go parasitize someone else's caterpillars!

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