Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 61, 0 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Let's see...my Palamedes ST was parasitized with one of those nasty wasps. Waaahh! I guess I'll have to go hunt more this weekend (sniff, sniff). I had a Zebra ST emerge this morning but Mom said when she got to her office at 8am it was already flying around the cage so she couldn't get a photo. The Dainty Sulphurs are almost big enough to be seen with the naked eye, LOL! My Red-Spotted Purples molted today and we were all admiring the larger one's "antlers".

It's been raining every day for like a week straight here and we Floridians are super excited about it. Last weekend I threw out some milkweed seeds and relocated some of my plants so this weather is perfect. In fact, one plant I relocated was the aforementioned salvia "Black and Blue". I had one years ago but I put it in too much shade. Luckily though, it made dozens of seedlings. So I planted them out on the corner in full sun. I have another two that I purchased that are already in full sun and with the firebush behind them and milkweed in front of them, they are in prime territory.

Of my Orange Barred Sulphurs: two are in chrysalis, two in slings, one still eating. And then this Mommy butterfly comes along the other day!