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

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Glad to see that Ruddy again!!! Males like to perch atop hills and tall branches to watch over their territory and scope out the area for females :o) Would be great if it were a female and you had stragler figs or mulberries and I can't remember what else they use as a larval host. Good luck!!!

And for the rest of you showing off butterflies photos...I'm gonna pay ya'll back in the fall season!!! Heh! Heh! Just wait and see :o) You know that's our best butterfly season with about 320 species recorded here I hope to get some shots of the not-so-frequent flyers :o) for my photo collection.

Oh and a GST egg I clipped from the orange tree hatched a few days ago. The bugger is growing well. Also forgot I found a Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillar starting to pupate at the ranch so I clipped the branch and brought it home to babysit. Guess I shouldn't whine too much about not seeing butterflies - I still get to see caterpillars and eggs during my non-working hours :o)

Ah...and I saw a bunch of Dainty Sulphurs laying eggs at the ranch this past Saturday but I was too lazy to dig up the plants they were on and transport them here. Will have to see if I can find some caterpillars next weekend to raise. Ya'll know how well Sulphur cats blend in with the green leaves - I don't even want to think of the teeny weeny size the Dainty's will be!!!

~ Cat

Here's the Pipevine pupating :o)


This message was edited Jul 29, 2008 9:56 PM