LAST OF MY BUTTER'S

[tartandtiny]

We released the last of our butterflies this weekend. In total 58 - 24 girls and 34 boys. All strong healthy flyers. Last year I had a lot that could not fly.

It is sad to see an end of another year.

Does anyone know if temperature has anything to do with weather the caterpillar hatches as a boy or girl. It seems as though the cat's reared in a warmer temperature turned out to be female and the room that was a bit cooler produced more males.

[Mona Miller]

That's interesting. I've never noted that. We are told that it is 50/50. It may seem uneven from person to person, but in general that is that data.

[David Calhoun]

I had 57 males and 43 females.

[dandjtaylor]

Of my tagged so far, it is 213 males and 235 females. It's hard to keep track of the untagged ones. A lot of them fly out of the enclosure before I can catch them to identify. About 180 in process in my 75 degree greenhouse to "rush them along".

[windrider]

Of the 39 I reared, 22 were female and 17 male, pretty much a mix