Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Mud puddle vs. rotting fruit, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
...also, if you place fruit out, it doesn't necessarily have to be rotting...butterflies will come to fresh fruit...and it will rot over time. However, be aware that when you cut up fresh fruit (such as oranges) the parts exposed to air tend to dry out and get hard and the butterfly's proboscis cannot penetrate it. I usually give it another squish when that happens. Hence, them coming to rotting fruit...as it eventually turned to mush.

~ Cat