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Sep 12, 2013 12:22 AM CST
Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
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Josephine, the Queens have been here and laid eggs. Some eggs & caterpillars on A. curassavica, but I actually found 2 caterpillars on the Funastrum cynanchoides vines. So the Queens like it as a host plant. I did notice when cutting vine to bring in for the caterpillars, it has LOTS of the white latex sap! I have to be real careful, because I did have a problem last year because of milkweed sap. Somehow a little of it must have gotten in my eye and it caused a problem with my cornea. Turned out okay, however, after I saw my eye doctor. Anyway, the two cats from the F. cynanchoides vines both pupated. The vines bloomed last month.
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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
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