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Re: Pests and Molds?

Rita of the monarchs:

I'm sure yor remaining monarch pupa is dead, but 9 out of 10 is 
pretty good in nature, where diease, parasitism and predation are the 
norm. Monarchs do not overwinter in the north, but fly south as 
adults to the mountains of Mexico. Any immatures remaining at the 
first frost die in the cold. The system has worked fine for the 
monarchs over the millenia, but now land clearing near the wintering 
areas and even illegal wood-cutting IN the wintering area are 
threatening the migrant population. In lowland Mexico and 
elsewhere, monarchs continue to breed through our winter, but the 
above-mentioned human activities may well extinguish the migrating 
part of the species, i.e. the ones that breed in summer in our 
region.

James C. Trager -- naturalist / entomologist

> Of the ten I had nine
> hatched and one cocoon is still hanging in the roof there,does anyone
> know if there is a way to tell if it is dead or just dormant? It was the
> usual light green and gold and changed to the dark color from which it
> would have hatched in a day or so. But the guy has been there for going
> on a month! Will it wait until spring then?
>  Rita
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