Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES # 111, 0 by C_A_Ivy

C_A_Ivy wrote:
vitrsna, I agree that we should let nature take its course. Except mankind has decided otherwise with rapid destruction of habitat and resources. In my locale, there is a daily loss of habitat by land development and mismanagement of resources. Thus a constant struggle by fauna and flora for survival. So a few good souls trying to help mother nature; makes one feel there is hope and a future but these efforts are probably insignificant in the realm of live. Saving a few butterflies is rather insignificant when one observes the daily losses from predators and automobiles.
But I still enjoy rearing a few butterflies as a hobby and try to do it as natural as possible. Pillar houses are kept out side and tops are removed near eclosure for easy departure. Hopefully the interchanges on this forum will make us all better informed and responsible stewards of nature.
Turned cold overnight, a few butterflies in the back yard basking in the sun to get warm. A red banded hairstreak, tattered Red spotted Purple, Orange Sulphur, Question Mark and a big Cloudless Sulphur. A large Monarch flew overhead, heading southward. That's where I need to be headed too for warmth.