Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 62, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Okay...I decided to give the couple some privacy. I removed the other males. Hopefully they will get the hint and go look for another female.

Two of the males were at the bottom of the cage - not sure if they were just exhausted or perhaps dying. They don't live long so perhaps they were at the end of their lives? I tried to get them to cling to one of the trees but they kept falling down to the ground. I ended up putting them in baggies and put them into the freezer. Best they sleep with the frozen fishes than the ants on the ground looking for a picnic.

Here's the happy couple :o)

~ Cat

ps...the way I keep posting you'd think I didn't have to get up to go to work in the morning! Wish this had all happened last week when I was on vacation...but nooooooooooo, it had to happen my first day back to work. I even worked until 8pm to catch up with all the paperwork that had gathered while I was out!!! On a good note - I was able to catch up with most of it...which is a good thing because I have to travel out of town again at the end of the week for work. Do hope the female lays plenty of eggs before I leave so I can release her to finish laying eggs in the wild.

This message was edited Jun 1, 2009 11:15 PM