Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Interesting butterfly behavior (Part 2) ....., 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
I am noticing more Monarch chrysalis up around the facia of my house. But I am also noticing that most of them turn black and do not make it to the butterfly stage. I will be watching these two to see what happens and I will remove the one near my front doorbell and put in the hatchery. I think with the rain and the high humidity that we've had lately in my area that it makes for a high breeding ground for bacteria and cat viruses. And the temps have been near 80. My family is upset because they say it doesn't feel like Christmas with such warm temps. They want the weather to get cold. It is supposed to rain on Christmas day here and then the temps will drop down in the low 70's to high 60's during the day and 50's at night. (Which to me is still warm temps.) We've lived in Florida for 40 years and this is just Florida temps for this time of year. I don't know what my kids are thinking ...... they've lived here all their lives! I think they have been reading too many books or seeing too many movies about Christmas with snow! LOL