Artificial Milkweed. Artificial respiration can be given with no equipment so that it is an ideal emergency first aid procedure. Milkweed silk is both delicious and amazing.
The ratio of wool to milkweed blend is a personal preference although it is important to keep a higher percentage of wool for the sake of strength and structure. The process of blending milkweed floss with wool is similar to creating any carded wool rolag or batt such as those combined with silk or mohair. Once transferred from an artificial diet to milkweed the larvae will not return to the artificial diet.
Not natural or pathologic.
The ratio of wool to milkweed blend is a personal preference although it is important to keep a higher percentage of wool for the sake of strength and structure. Asclepias is also known as silk of america which is a strand of common milkweed asclepias syriaca gathered mainly in the valley of the saint lawrence river in canada. The process of blending milkweed floss with wool is similar to creating any carded wool rolag or batt such as those combined with silk or mohair. Once transferred from an artificial diet to milkweed the larvae will not return to the artificial diet.