Artificial Milkweed Diet. To accomplish this i needed to get caterpillars to feed on an artificial diet in the laboratory which allows us to manipulate and control milkweed defense chemical exposures. Use a sharp pruner to take milkweed cuttings at a 45 angle for optimal water absorption.
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Once transferred from an artificial diet to milkweed the larvae will not return to the artificial diet. We hope to never be in such a s. In the first phase of my research i m exploring how milkweed defense chemicals and a commonly used insecticide affect detoxification processes in monarch caterpillars.
We hope to never be in such a s.
We hope to never be in such a s. Take small cuttings at least 3 sets of leaves to midsize cuttings up to 2 feet cuttings. We hope to never be in such a s. A semi artificial diet of monarch butterfly larva and a process for making such a diet are provided.
