Oh I know-wow can it eat! This morning when I came downstairs I walked over and looked at him-there is little frass all over and the little leaf was gone! There is something I always wanted to do so I touched him and that litle osmeterium came out-that is so funny looking! I won't do it anymore but, I just had to see it for myself. Lasy year I made little containers-I cut the lids and put netting on them with glue. It is alot easier to bring one of them with you when you go looking for cats and eggs.It's small enough so I could fit it in my purse or backpack too. I have the egg in there all by itself. Aggie

Thank you again! I am very happy to say when I saw the cat yesterday, it looked like it had grown! It seems it likes to eat the flower buds. There's a few bites that it took out of a leaf but no more. Mind you, this is all on the plant I found it on. I *think* I saw an egg too but I'm not sure. It looked like a Monarch egg though from what I remember reading. I wish I could bring it home with me but I'm sure it's happy where it is. It's just as well since my WS common milkweed is on the small side. My WS swamp milkweed is growing taller however. WS tropical milkweed and butterfly weed are perhaps the strongest of the bunch. Not blooming yet but are they ever growing! Brad AKA Moonwolf

Hiya Pug, Thanks so much, it was thoughtful & kind of you to bump this up so Tish & I could read the Stemma article about Ruby Sue & Royal Flush. I can't read pdf files at home either (I don't have current versions of Adobe Acrobat, Tish that mey be your problem as well). But my office computers are current & much more secure than home; was able to read it no problem (& of course, the pix are SUPERB. I even recognize pix of Gabi's H. multiflora, from later in the issue). Fascinating to hear from Herman Engelman's nursery man about their planning to upgrade their mix. I like that they copped to having made up the name "Snow Caps". Wish they'd do the same for "Stripes" which is actually Curtisii. Now, if only there'd been a way to ask why so many of their plants come mis-labeled. Guessing that wouldn't have been too gracious for a visitor to their greenhouse. So these ARE 2 new variants of Lacunosa, like I didn't love it enough already! But the one that really makes my heart flutter is the Lacunosa that has small dents in the leaves, almost like a miniature Krinkle 8. Is this the one they call Lacunosa 'Tove'? I find it from time to time, but don't have any currently. Anyway, thanks again, VERY interesting reading!

Congratulations. That's a wonderful start. Once you link up with other quilters, you will have all sorts of support and help to get started. It's good to reach out. I started with one class on how to make a table runner and went on from there. Good luck.