Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: One More, 1 by LindaTX8

LindaTX8 wrote:
I found two more tiny BST cats...on Rue, this time! Hope I have enough food for all these. Fortunately, 4 are pupating and another one just did the pre-pupation dump a little while ago. Why are these mother butterflies laying eggs so late? I've never seen the Black Swallowtail cats this late! Oh, and two more giants emerged! I saw 2 Queens outside today and have 3 Queen chrysalides waiting...those don't overwinter! We had a warm holiday. I had gotten tired of pain and limping around lately from Plantar fasciitis (heel spur), so am taking steroids and doing exercises, but sure am feeling much better. My two Queen visitors today (looks like one, but they are side-by-side):