Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES # 109, 1 by lepfarmer

lepfarmer wrote:
Vitrsna - I'm envious! Malachites and Zebra Longwings. I have some malachites that I'm raising but my zebra population crashed earlier this year. I'm going to have to head down to the Rio Grande Valley to get some more. That Senecio confusus is one of my all time favorite plants. Just about everything likes it. Malachites are indeed fond of rotted fruit, sap, etc., but they'll eagerly go to flowers as well. In my flight cage one of their favorites is Duranta. Here's a photo of the caterpillars.

Sheila -- Glad you've got some monarchs roosting at your place. It's been a great year for monarchs all across the country, and as I always say, monarchs will outlive us all (despite all the press to the contrary). I haven't counted this year, but there are many hundreds flying around my place right now. If you need any frost weed seeds, let me know.

Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
http://www.dallasbutterflies.com