Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 49, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Mellie...way to go. Awesome photos!!!

Well, I didn't see anything truly unusual at the park today. Saw a couple of Julia Longwings, a Zilpa Longtail Skipper and a Gold-Spotted Aguna that are worth a mention...other than that...everything else were the normal butterflies.

Had to come home early as I hired a guy to come help me clean out my back yard. It was truly overrun by my yellow morning glory vines, chalice vines and yes, dutchman's pipevine. Hated to get rid of the dutchman's pipevine but it was several years old and had not attracted any Polydamas (unlike Mellie - who gets them all the time!!! GRRRRRR!!!!) Still kept a good sized dutchman's pipevine on the west side - just in case :o) Besides...there's about 8 feet of lantana in front of it and I couldn't get to it if Iwanted to without cutting back the lantana.

I know it's a bit late to work on my yard...but heck...better late than never?! This is a before photo from 09/29/08 of the east side fence.

~ Cat