Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 14, 1 by LindaTX8

LindaTX8 wrote:
I finally am posting a pic of that chrysalis from the pipevine cat pupating pic. It probably broke the other silks on its stirrup when struggling to complete pupation. I moved it later and put together a little strip of cloth glued onto something to just hold it in place (have done that for other chrysalises). We had a flash flood Friday (10 or more inches of rain that day) and today I went down to the "dry" creek that crosses the corner of the property (was a raging white water creek Friday, now a gentle brook) to check on the plants important for habitat use. Most of the Maximilian Daisy plants are gone, some Frostweed gone, many flattened against the ground...those are nectar plants for the Monarchs and other species in fall. Not sure if the Elderberry Tree is okay...I can see parts of it, but the rest is buried under a lot of soil and debris...will have to be dug out to see if uprooted), the large Hop Tree is there, somewhat damaged, a wild passionflower vine is still there but leaves are shredded. Strange what flash floods can do. One Black Walnut Tree, which hung on many years through other flash floods, is gone...no trace of it whatsoever. Texas Ash Tree across the street on the bank is okay. We have our place uphill on the slope of the hillside, so we just couldn't go anywhere until the roads were open again.