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Sep 5, 2011 11:00 AM CST
Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
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I have a bunch of chrysallises out in the shed waiting to emerge. I found eggs and caterpillars in the spring and raised them in containers inside...later put them out in a large shed after they pupated. With this very large butterfly, most wait months to emerge. One of my previously released two-tailed tigers:

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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad

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