Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: WHAT is going on with the cats!, 1 by bariolio

bariolio wrote:
This past year I planted some butterfly weed and a passion vine. Now I have cats like crazy!! I don't know much about the butterfly cycle or their habits in my area--W. Houston. Should they be here at this time of year? I have tons of Monarch and Gulf Frit cats (I just looked up the Gulf Frit to ID it--nasty looking thing!). There are so many Monarch cats, they have eaten EVERY leaf from the maybe 8 plants I have. I also have a newly formed Monarch chrysalis on my rosemary! Can anyone tell me if this time of year is normal for them to be here and also point me to some good information about them? Thanks, Janet
This picture was when we still had a few leaves for them to eat!