Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 65, 0 by MissSherry

MissSherry wrote:
I've been sick, so I haven't posted for a while, but I've been enjoying reading all your posts.
Mellie, I laughed out loud when you described desmodium - that's what my long-tailed skippers use, and I describe them the same way, you know, those things that stick to your pants and socks when you walk in the woods!
I've released 35 gulf frits over the past five days, so I've quit bringing them in to raise. They've covered my vines, but I'm sure you're all familiar with those rabbits of the butterfly world.
I finally got a batch of pipevine swallowtails - I was SO happy! I also brought in some hatchling giant swallowtails - I have three left to emerge from the previous batch. There are jillions of sleepy oranges this year, plus I'm seeing more cloudless sulphurs. I saw some tiger swallowtails today, which was good, because they've been scarce this year. I found a spicebush swallowtail cat on my bog spicebush, which I'll be bringing in to raise soon, probably.
I released another red admiral from the latest batch - there are about eight or nine left to go.
After a very hot and dry June, and July starting off the same way, I got 2.40" of rain yesterday, .35" today, and there's a 50% chance of rain every day this week. It looks like the normal summer thunderstorms are happening, thank goodness!
Here's a picture of a few of the pipevine swallowtails - there are about 20 all together.
Sherry