Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 66, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Who says spiders are the only one who can build webs?

My mystery over the eggs on my rue plant has deepened...I found three baby Giant ST cats on the Hercules' Club today. However, I also checked the parsley I sat out front (so it would get hit by the sprinklers until I got a chance to plant it) and it has a couple of eggs on it. So we know I have both Black ST and Giant ST in the neighborhood. Guess I'll just keep waiting until they hatch.

I can't remember if I mentioned this but in addition to the rue being egged, my senna also got egged. I'm pretty sure I mentioned getting egged by a sulphur, but I wanted to point out that it chose my native senna over my non-native cassia. The Sleepy Orange also prefers it. Yea for native plants! I found one small cat amongst all the eggs and he's super small but I "think" he's a Cloudless Sulphur. But watch him grow up and prove me wrong.

Finally, my Dorantes is looking a lot darker so maybe he'll come out tomorrow? I'll keep you posted. Here's what he looks like now...


Melanie

Edited to add that it's my Senna ligustrina the Sleepy Orange is eating and that got all the eggs. I think I previously referred to it as Senna alata. I think we have every senna and cassia known to man at the museum so I got a little confused. And by the way, they've been using the Senna obtusifolia at the museum. It's coming up everywhere and the Sleepy Oranges are taking advantage of it!


This message was edited Jul 17, 2009 6:45 PM