Finding cats and eggs

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Finding cats and eggs

Postby lola » Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:15 pm

If I found one cat, is there likely to be more?
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Re: Finding cats and eggs

Postby Mona Miller » Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:32 pm

It depends on how much milkweed there is in the patch. They hide under the leaves. Some of the older caterpillars will go off the milkweed on to other plants. I find them easier to find in the early morning.
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