Nymphalis antiopa 2.0

[kevinkk]

Well, so my last attempt was probably amusing, misspelling antiopa for the last 40+ years. An undiagnosed reading disorder.
Anyway, now that all the butt

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erflies are hatched, believe it or not, there's 21 in the cage, I still am unsure how to overwinter
them.
Without more information, I'm going to keep them for a few days in the cage, try to feed them, and then they'll have to
go into storage. The worst that could happen I suppose is I have a bunch of deadstock in the spring.

[Chuck]

Well, so my last attempt was probably amusing, misspelling antiopa for the last 40+ years.

You're not alone. Just two years ago I read here "antiopa" and thought someone misspelled it. Now, I'd read this name repeatedly for the past fifty years, but had been spelling and speaking it "antopia".

[kevinkk]

Thanks Chuck, these things happen. Also, without being schooled in Latin I probably mispronounce names as well, I have spoke with some
other Insectnet members on the phone now and then, and had to stop and think when I heard some of the scientific names, I have my
own theories on phonetics.

By the by, all antiopa are in the fridge, I fed them once. Not as difficult as I thought, although I did have to do each one by hand. Glassine is for more than just deadstock.