SALVAGE TACTICS
Salvage a fallen chrysalis:
If a chrysalis has fallen, it can be salvaged.
At the top of the chrysalis is a tiny black stem, about one millimeter in length.
Use DENTAL FLOSS. Thread will not work: thread will cut thru the stem.
Get a length of DENTAL FLOSS.
Create a single square knot in the middle of the length of DENTAL FLOSS.
Carefully tighten the knot around the stem
Use the two ends of the DENTAL FLOSS to suspend the floss and chrysalis from a plant.
If the stem if damaged while you attempt to tie the knot around it, there is still a way to suspend the chrysalis.
Get a length of DENTAL FLOSS.
Create a lump in the middle of the length by tying many square knots, one on top of the next.
Then, place a tiny drop of superglue on the lump of square knots.
Then, gently press the top of the chrysalis against the tiny drop of glue.
Wait for the glue to dry, then use the two ends of the DENTAL FLOSS to suspend the floss and chrysalis from a plant.
Salvage milkweed plants from aphids and milkweed bugs:
Aphids and milkweed bugs appear when milkweed plants get leggy and sprout seed pods.
You must trim gradually trim back leggy plants, and trim away seed pods.
The aphids and milkweed bugs will be temporarily inhibited from feeding on the trimmed milkweeds.
Salvage caterpillars from the heat:
Caterpillars do not tolerate heat.
Position the your refuge cage in partial shade.
Consider placing a cap of sunscreen cloth over the outside top of the refuge cage.
