Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Puddling, scat and butterfly brew photos, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
We get dead insects and butterflies as well if we pour the brew too deep or it is too thick and sticky. Hence, using a brush to brush it on the side of tree bark, old fence posts or such works well too.

Other than that making a hanging bait log and using a saw to cut some quarter inch deep groves or carve out a shallow channel works too. Those grooves help catch and hold the liquid but keeps the butterflies from falling over into it and drowning. They can get drunk on the brew ya know!!!

~ Cat

This is a photo of a hanging bait log with a channel cut out in the top middle. A bit of bait can then be poured into the 'well' - there is a Red Rim (Biblis hyperia), a Red Admiral and some wasps on this one :o)