Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily Pics of Butterflies Pg2, 4-28-07, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Thank you Carla,
Anytime I can help ya with anything, or make something clearer, just ask or dmail me. There are great resources online, and with this Community here, we are all learning so much from the research it requires! This interactive is an excellent classroom, even more when people chime in and get involved.
After lunch I went out and 2 of the 4 Gulf Frit chrysalids had eclosed, so I released them as they were ready to fly. One came back about 15 minutes later laying eggs all over the Passionvine to begin another generation, lol. Right after that I noticed another one eclosing and hanging to dry, hidden down on the lattice behind the P. incense. A total of 3 Frits flew out of here today, they will most likely be back tomorrow.
Then, the BST that I said was still in hibernation since October began moving around, plumping up and turning darker.. I hung him in the little container with the 2 remaining GFrit chrysalids. By tomorrow we will have another Black ST butterfly. Meanwhile I set up a cage for the 2 BST cats into their 3rd instars.
Finally Ben found a green cat about 1" long crawling on the ground. At first I thought it could be a Hackberry Emperor.. I will look again in the morning to be sure.
It's getting busy around here now, I hope I can keep up with these prolific little rascals!

:oD Thx again!!
Deb
Here are the two frits that eclosed in the small container they were hung in last week>