Critter, glad you like the Julias! We had dozens of them in the flight cage. My bosses obviously went to the butterfly farm. We trade with a lady there. She gives us her "seconds" - chrysalises that aren't quite good enough for her to charge customers for. But they generally come out just fine. Julias don't come quite this far north; I've never seen one in the wild. I hear Sarasota (about an hour south of here) is about their limit. The caterpillars eat passion vine like the Zebra Longwings and Gulf Frits. So we grow lots of passion vine at MOSI!
David, tell those Monarchs to get a move on! Today is the Day of the Dead in Mexico and that's when they're supposed to be arriving!
