Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: My first Mourning Cloak!, 1 by konkreteblond

konkreteblond wrote:
From across the yard I saw this "thing" on my fountain. I wondered what it was, figuring my son had put something on it. I forgot about it and saw it again when I went back out later. It was a butterfly! I've never seen one before so I wasn't sure what it was. Funny thing tho, I had this odd feeling that it was going to be a Mourning Cloak. I've always wanted to see one, and haven't. After taking a few pics, it never moved, so I touched it to see if it was dead or dying, and it barely moved then. I put it in a bug hut and it's been opening it's wings some. I'm not sure if anything is wrong with it, but I'm keeping it inside until tomorrow when I can get a good look and a good picture. They feed on rotting fruit so I have some fruit and Gatorade in with it for a midnight snack. It made made day, since just before then I discovered wayyyyy too many bugs and had to start spraying.