Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: PART 2 BF Host Plant Seed Trade DISCUSSION, 0 by UniQueTreasures

UniQueTreasures wrote:
Deb,

I apologize for taking so long to answer your question about Penelope. Connie and I are awaiting a product that will seal her to preserve her colors. Once that arrives, we apply it. Then we have to let her cure for 5 days. We will then be able to ship her to Balvenie, to install in the moongate. I have no doubt that she will be most happy in her new home.

I'm taking her with me to the Round Up in College station this weekend, along with the Golfing Lady we completed this week. I love to show her off! :-)

I don't know where else to post this photo, so I might as well do it here.

This evening, I brought home another 10-12 GF cats from Connie's house. The cage is jam packed full of cats! While I was putting new cuttings and the new cats into the house, I noticed that the 1 Monarch chrysalis I have has turned dark. REAL DARK. Yesterday it seemed to be lighter. This evening I noticed that I could see the colors of the wings through the chrysalis. I got a few photos.

So far, 2 of the 45-50 GF cats in there have emerged as butterflies. I was talking to the one yesterday morning as he rested on the lantana and the buddleia. I saw a Monarch flutter to the yellow milkweed that I scrounged also from Connie's house. She laid about a dozen or more eggs on the milkweed. The plant was in the center of the island, so I didn't remove the leaves with the eggs yet. But while I was standing there, I saw a lizard on the soil of the plant. I acted like a fool and shook my arms and told that lizard to get lost. I'm sure the new GF thought I'd lost my mind. Neither the GF nor the Monarch seemed to mind me acting the fool though. They never even batted an eye. Just continued to nectar and lay eggs.

Janet