Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 40, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
We've had some great pictures on this thread - good job everyone! As for those predator wasps, I read where they'll take a cat back to their young and feed it to them in pieces. Ewww - so kudos to everyone who saves them!

I had four piggie Monarch cats when I came home. There are more, but I just took in the ones who were nearly full grown. Two of them are making their J right now. When I unloaded the car I put my pipevine plant next to the other one by the front door (I took it with me to feed the cats). Well, the next morning I walked out the door and the Polydamas was laying eggs on it already! They don't seem to have found the pipevine in the backyard, though...here's the Polydamas on the purple porterweed with my car in the background. Yup, I pull in right next to the butterflies!