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Apr 9, 2015 10:52 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Honestly, if one comes out like that at MOSI, I put it down. If the wings are that messed up, they're not going to "right" themselves. Once the wings finish hardening, I've never seen them change. And with Monarchs, in particular, you have to suspect whether they are infected with OE spores which is not something you want to pass on. But even if it that wasn't the case, something went wrong with this butterfly and under normal circumstances it would not be able to survive in nature (for very long, at least). So I would say this is probably one that we want to filter from the gene pool.

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