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

mellielong wrote:
Meanwhile, my Gulf Frits are almost all in their chrysalis which means my four Zebra Longwing cats have the run of the cage. Oh, when I came home this evening there was a Zebra Longwing on the porterweed. Gulf Frit was over on the pentas but the Giant ST and him got in a fight and the Giant won. My army of duskywings is still laying siege to the agastache with cooperation from some Long-Tailed skippers. I think they're trying to keep the plants from being occupied by the invading forces of the honeybees. The Dainty Sulphurs are almost big enough to be seen with the naked eye, LOL! All but one Black ST has gut purged and one tried to make his chrysalis atop another one; he stinkhorned me when I tried to move him slightly to the side. The Tersas are pooping like crazy but they don't eat so much penta that my plants look shabby. That's considerate of them.

Here's a Sleepy Orange I abducted. I found him on a cassia but it's not the same kind I have. So when I brought him home I gave him a little of my cassia and some of my native Senna alata. He went for the senna so I'm proud of him. Speaking of that senna, it had eggs all over it tonight! Oh, and one small cat that is definitely a sulphur but too small to identify. I moved that senna a few months ago to try and get more action on it so I'm glad to see my plan has worked.


Melanie (who's raising like ten kinds of caterpillars right now)