Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 39, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
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We had our local 2009 butterfly count and ended up with 61 species on Saturday and 48 species on Sunday. A sad count for our area but about par considering we had about 7 inches of rain the week prior and lately it's been in the upper 90's. If we had been counting mosquitoes we would have won grand prize! There were tons of them thoughout the trails! UGH!!!

My yard has been bare of butterflies. Did see one lone Monarch, a Guava Skipper and a Brazilian Skipper on Friday. I keep getting home late from work. Perhaps I'll have better luck at the ranch this weekend.

I can't wait until the fall season count. Am sure we'll get at least 150 species then :o)

~ Cat

oh...I did photograph these eggs ??? on Vasey Adelia at one of the parks on Sunday. That tree is a host for the Mexican Bluewing butterfly but I know those are not Mexican Bluewing butterfly eggs. Have no idea what they are and we left them on the tree. Guess we'll never find out...

This message was edited Jul 15, 2008 8:25 PM