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nativeplantlover

Sep 30, 2016 7:23 AM CST

Name: Cheryl
Brownstown, Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)

luvmyseeds said:HI, I'm new to this forum and am looking for an answer to a question. I found a Black Swallowtail cat on some celery I had dug up and brought in to dehydrate it. I'm in
Wisconsin and was wondering if this cat will form a chrysalis and stay that way over the winter?
I'm not sure what to do with it. Any suggestions?

Hi Linda

I've run into them late in the year too. If possible, keep it in a safe place OUTSIDE like a screened in porch or a ventilated shed. They are built to withstand the cold temps and bringing it indoors after it pupates wouldn't help it. They need the natural humidity from the out-of-doors. It'd hatch before the right time and then die.

"My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird — equal seekers of sweetness. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished." — Mary Oliver, from Messenger

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