Re: [cayugabirds-l] OT: Monarch caterpillar "rescue opportunity"?

2014-08-30 Thread Betsy Darlington 
Hi, Suan and Candace-
We went down there this morning and hunted thoroughly for the caterpillar,
but couldn't find it.  There were quite a few milkweed plants, so I hope if
we somehow missed it, that it will find its way to one of them.  I'm hoping
that someone else rescued it.
Betsy


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Candace Cornell  wrote:

> I can not make it downtown tomorrow. If someone is willing to bring the
> caterpillar out to Salt Point, Lansing, the point is now registered Monarch
> Way Station #8782 (www.MonarchWatch.org ) and
> has a field of milkweed and other butterfly attracting plants. The best
> place to place the caterpillar is in the milkweed field behind the Monarch
> Waystation sigh. It is across the path from the dog litter station at
> second entrance on the north side of the point (not the entrance next to
> the RR tracks).
>
> I've been very concerned about the Monarchs this year. I have seen very
> few Monarch caterpillars or adults around Tompkins or Cayuga County this
> summer and I've been checking milkweed stands as I survey osprey nests.
>
> Helping this little fellow may seem trite, but it will make a big
> difference to its progeny.
> If some one does this kind deed, please let me know. Many thanks,
>
> Candace
> Friends of Salt Point
> Many thanks to whomever can rescue the caterpillar. Every Monarch is
> important!
>
> Candace
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Suan Hsi Yong 
> wrote:
>
>> This morning I found a small monarch caterpillar in an unlikely spot
>> downtown, and my untrained instinct tells me it's unlikely to survive to
>> adulthood at this location, so if anyone is up for it, I think it would be
>> a good idea/opportunity for someone to effect some level of rescue,
>> anything from moving it to a bigger patch of milkweeds to trying to raise
>> it at home (or better yet, in an educational setting somewhere).
>>
>> It is located on Seneca Street next to the bridge over the inlet, in
>> front of the Finger Lakes Electric Supply Company, here: 42.440079,
>> -76.511573
>>
>> There is a very small bed of mulch with some decorative plants and two
>> very small stray milkweeds (half a foot tall, about a dozen smallish
>> leaves), and the still very small caterpillar (less than an inch in length)
>> was in the easternmost of the two milkweeds.
>>
>> Here's a photo of the would-be adoptee:
>>
>>   https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204734943071423&l=0218fab00e
>>
>> IMO the two milkweeds (not _that_ close to each other) will not provide
>> enough nourishment, and are likely to be pulled anyways by anyone tending
>> that bed (I assume they're considered weeds by gardeners). Thus, I would
>> recommend that anyone effecting the "rescue" just pull out the entire plant.
>>
>> Feel free to let me know (offlist, if you want) if you adopt it, need
>> more info, or think this message was a good/bad idea.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Suan
>>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] OT: Monarch caterpillar "rescue opportunity"?

2014-08-29 Thread Candace Cornell 
I can not make it downtown tomorrow. If someone is willing to bring the
caterpillar out to Salt Point, Lansing, the point is now registered Monarch
Way Station #8782 (www.MonarchWatch.org ) and
has a field of milkweed and other butterfly attracting plants. The best
place to place the caterpillar is in the milkweed field behind the Monarch
Waystation sigh. It is across the path from the dog litter station at
second entrance on the north side of the point (not the entrance next to
the RR tracks).

I've been very concerned about the Monarchs this year. I have seen very few
Monarch caterpillars or adults around Tompkins or Cayuga County this summer
and I've been checking milkweed stands as I survey osprey nests.

Helping this little fellow may seem trite, but it will make a big
difference to its progeny.
If some one does this kind deed, please let me know. Many thanks,

Candace
Friends of Salt Point
Many thanks to whomever can rescue the caterpillar. Every Monarch is
important!

Candace


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Suan Hsi Yong  wrote:

> This morning I found a small monarch caterpillar in an unlikely spot
> downtown, and my untrained instinct tells me it's unlikely to survive to
> adulthood at this location, so if anyone is up for it, I think it would be
> a good idea/opportunity for someone to effect some level of rescue,
> anything from moving it to a bigger patch of milkweeds to trying to raise
> it at home (or better yet, in an educational setting somewhere).
>
> It is located on Seneca Street next to the bridge over the inlet, in front
> of the Finger Lakes Electric Supply Company, here: 42.440079, -76.511573
>
> There is a very small bed of mulch with some decorative plants and two
> very small stray milkweeds (half a foot tall, about a dozen smallish
> leaves), and the still very small caterpillar (less than an inch in length)
> was in the easternmost of the two milkweeds.
>
> Here's a photo of the would-be adoptee:
>
>   https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204734943071423&l=0218fab00e
>
> IMO the two milkweeds (not _that_ close to each other) will not provide
> enough nourishment, and are likely to be pulled anyways by anyone tending
> that bed (I assume they're considered weeds by gardeners). Thus, I would
> recommend that anyone effecting the "rescue" just pull out the entire plant.
>
> Feel free to let me know (offlist, if you want) if you adopt it, need more
> info, or think this message was a good/bad idea.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Suan
>
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[cayugabirds-l] OT: Monarch caterpillar "rescue opportunity"?

2014-08-29 Thread Suan Hsi Yong 
This morning I found a small monarch caterpillar in an unlikely spot
downtown, and my untrained instinct tells me it's unlikely to survive to
adulthood at this location, so if anyone is up for it, I think it would be
a good idea/opportunity for someone to effect some level of rescue,
anything from moving it to a bigger patch of milkweeds to trying to raise
it at home (or better yet, in an educational setting somewhere).

It is located on Seneca Street next to the bridge over the inlet, in front
of the Finger Lakes Electric Supply Company, here: 42.440079, -76.511573

There is a very small bed of mulch with some decorative plants and two very
small stray milkweeds (half a foot tall, about a dozen smallish leaves),
and the still very small caterpillar (less than an inch in length) was in
the easternmost of the two milkweeds.

Here's a photo of the would-be adoptee:

  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204734943071423&l=0218fab00e

IMO the two milkweeds (not _that_ close to each other) will not provide
enough nourishment, and are likely to be pulled anyways by anyone tending
that bed (I assume they're considered weeds by gardeners). Thus, I would
recommend that anyone effecting the "rescue" just pull out the entire plant.

Feel free to let me know (offlist, if you want) if you adopt it, need more
info, or think this message was a good/bad idea.

Thanks.

Suan

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