If she put it in her mouth, I'm guessing that she spit it out, since it has to have tasted terrible, Trisha! Unless your dog is a very small toy breed, she's undoubtedly big enough that it wouldn't hurt her, even if she ingested it. I think I read somewhere that eating a pipevine swallowtail or monarch caterpillar will make a bird vomit, and birds are much smaller than your dog. Your dog will be okay, but I'm sorry you lost the chrysalis! Sherry

Hello eveyone! I was wondering if there was a place I could order the Hummingbird Moths from to release in my yard? I have one green tomato horn worm, that ate a green tomato the size of a golf ball in one day, but I would really like to see more of these huge moths out and about. Thanks, Lauren www.starbengal.net

There is no need to purchase expensive pharmaceutical grade boric acid for pest control. The household pesticide sold (for years) as Roach Prufe (not my spelling, lol) can be found in home improvement stores, hardware stores, garden centers, and probably your local grocery! You can also purchase Terro liquid bait stations. These handy little things are prefilled with a sweet, boric acid laced liquid that all sweet eating ants go nuts for. It might be worth trying a few of these just to see what happens. When using one of these little stations, it's important that you place it where pets cannot get to it...but it does need to be in the path of observed ant activity. After you place it, walk away and let it alone until it's empty. That might take just a couple of hours, if you have lots of ants. Disturbing the ants when you are trying to bait them with something is entirely counter productive. You want them to swarm the bait stations...that means that it's doing the job. It's creepy to see a jillion ants competing to get at the sugary liquid, but the results are amazing. Terro products can also be found anywhere that pest control items are sold. I've purchased mine at Lowe's or Home Depot.

First 3 pics look like minor leaf damage to me. Not sure what I'm seeing in pics 4 & 5. Is the white stuff in pic 4 actually on the stem of the plant? What is the texture like?