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Q: Hello please tell me what are the method or techniques to find out host preferences for oviposition?
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Q: Hello please tell me what are the methods/ techniques to find out host preferences for oviposition?
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Q: Hello please tell me what are the methods/ techniques to find out host preferences for oviposition?
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Q: Here in Michigan, we have found and collected more Monarch caterpillars this year than ever before. We attribute it to the unusually warm summer we've had plus we have greatly improved our habitat. But we've also lost more to some kind of fly parasite. We even have found dead caterpillars out on the milkweed. Is there anything we can do next year to make it safer for them?
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Q: My milkweed this year was real large because of all the rain. My frustation was going through a stage of it being covered with every kind of fly and other flying insect! the back yard was awful. People were saying, is it worth it? I had tons of butterflys too! So yes it was but not sure if I should try to move it? Is this normal? Thanks for your time?
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