Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 27, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Well, I found some more eggs! This time, they were on my abutilon (Flowering Maple). It's in the mallow family and I've read that lots of things eat mallow plants. Sure enough, something has been eating mine for months, but I never found what it was. I see where the edges of leaves are stuck together with silk but there's never anything in them. I also have regular wasp visitors to the plant. I noticed today that large portions of my plant were leafless. At first, I thought it was the freeze we had, but I know I checked it out after the freeze and it was fine. Here's the plant, see how it only has leaves on top and the new growth coming up near the bottom? The stems are sprouting new leaves, but I've never seen it this bare!