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I think this is one of the reasons why we have always gotten along so well RM
Lmao they are nowhere near the plants. Caterpillars have a little table and soon to be 2 butterfly tents set up instead of the singular one I have now (aquired too many caterpillars!) It's super easy!
For Swallowtail:
Buy curley parsley and leave it out on a relatively high area, i.e. a table, by a garden or flowers is generally best.
Check the parsley for eggs every day. They are small and yellow and almost glisten like a pearl but you have to search. Many times they are on the bottom side of the leaves. And when there is one, there's usually more! They don't come down and just drop one egg. I say 2-3 per bunch average. Then clip the parsley the eggs are on and stick it in a filled water bottle or similar container. Set aside from the main, say on your patio table or bench. Beware of predators on the curley parsley when there are eggs; things like spiders and wasps love to eat them! I have learned to put them in the butterfly tent and keep them there until they are ready to form their chrysalis because even ants can eat them up. And as they get bigger and closer to metamorphosis time, they are bright green and fat and birds see them like a piece of chocolate cake. This has also happened to me...hence my adamant use of netting now. They will morph/shed like 4 times before becoming the bright green color that is the last caterpillar stage. They will slow down eating and eventually stop and just start slinking around. Their slinking is much like a dog trying to find the best place to lay down except their nap is 10-14 days and they make a cocoon. At this time. You will add in a rock weighted plastic bowl and stick a piece of styrofoam in it. Find some smooth sticks and dig them into the styrofoam till they look like trees in the winter. The caterpillars will move off the parsely cup and onto the tree you built or walls of the butterfly tent. Within 1 day there will be a silk string attaching the top. By the second day, a second string that attaches the bottom. Then by day 3/4 the chrysalis will begin forming. In 10-14 days they will just pop out of there. Their wings are wet so they will just kind of flop around for a while and get their bearings. In an hour to an hour and a half they are ready to fly. You can go in and let them come on your hand. Take them out and they will just fly away. If they don't and they fly onto the grass, just scoop em up and give them a little more time to dry out is all.
I feel like I don't think we should be talking about your future lock picking endeavors on here, maybe text me instead
Kind of, in a way. Nothing terrible of course and yes for the most part, absolutely respectful and I appreciate the candor also.
Oh I don't I just don't value a close mind, I think it hurts my soul more than anything. My head knows that this is something out of my control and that I believe in it and that's ultimately what matters. It's just like a gut punch feeling, if you know what I mean...
Hell, I lump in it with a whole shit ton of techniques from that to dark periods to everything else out there. Every single technique is criticized in some way from potting to watering to light schedules, etc.
True
That was the goal, still is the goal, spreading the word. I didn't expect it to take off as much as it did and so fast either. I am blessed to be a part of this and excited as many of us are for what is to come and all the actions many have taken to help us better understand this process
Always have been. Always will be I fear sometimes
Definitely have went passed dwelling. My perception of negative energies and the way they affect me has changed dramatically over the last 10 years or so.
This is what reaffirms everything and I am so thankful again, to all of you. It's because of all of you that the words of this thread continue to spread!
Thank you Azi and much love to you my friend.Kind of an interesting process if you ask me.
So, keep your head up and just accept unconventional ideas bring a wide range of feedback as part of disseminating the ideas.
Aaah she ain't doing too bad...bottom leaves were wilted this morning though. She may have met her droughting extent by the time lights go back on tonight.
Notes: At Start of Day 5
-Most upper leaves were still relatively turgid but I know from past experience, once those bottom leaves start dropping quickly, it isn't long before others do the same.
-She showed no signs of yellowing but did have her first Cal-Mag spot (visible on pic #1)
-Because of her foxtailed buds, she may be pulled tonight for harvest based off of her trichomes whether or not she can continue to drought
As always, thank you to everyone and I appreciate your support and efforts very much!
You do a great job ! A lot of us have stayed with you from the get go 
You rock girl
I could use big words, I choose not to, makes it seem too hard of a concept 
happy to be here with you and the gang Burk
