Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 34, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Thanks everyone! I only know a lot because I read a lot. If there's one thing I like more than butterflies, it's books. I've got to get rid of some, I haven't seen parts of my floor in months.

Now for some really exciting news! If you're looking at the picture below, you're probably thinking, "Yeah, it's a zebra ST cat. What's so special?" Well, this one is super special because I found it on MY pawpaw!!! I planted asimina reticulata seedlings last year and they're still tiny. But at the same time I ordered three asimina parviflora from the above mentioned http://www.mailordernatives.com Today I was walking around the garden just checking things out and there he was sunning himself on top of the leaf! As many cats as I've found in the wild, I just couldn't believe there was one on my pawpaw. He's big enough to have been there at least a couple of weeks. The plant he was on didn't have much damage, but something had been chewing on another one. It makes me wonder if he moved from one plant to the other since I didn't find any other cats. What I'm really excited about is that this means one of the native Zebra Swallowtails must have laid that egg because I only released my first butterfly two days ago. Like I always say - if you plant it, they will come!