New member - Dallas TX

I'm looking to buy Gulf Fritillary caterpillars. Any suggestions? We raised dozens last year after they showed up on our Passionflower vines. We are all set with plenty of plants but no sign of this butterfly.

This message was edited Jun 17, 2014 12:13 PM

Don't have any Caterpillars but welcome to the board.

Welcome to Dave's Garden! I hope you find your butterflies.

I posted your question on the Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening forum, and asked if anyone there could help. A member in Mexico (username "vitrsna") posted this information:


"I have see very few, and none within the last couple of months. I can speculate that it may be because the rainy season in tropical Mexico last year bombarded us with more rain than any time in the meteorological history of the country. We had two hurricanes (one from the Pacific and one from the Atlantic) hit on the same day. The rainy season that normally ends mid-October, lasted all through November and part of December. I cannot help but think this took a toll on any number of butterfly populations."

That makes sense. What a shame for the people and for the butterflies!

Try this thread, SER14.

http://www.dallasbutterflies.com/

Someone else just posted this on the butterfly forum here:

"When I first planted my vine it grew like wildfire but didn't have any cats. A person several miles out of town was saying how many cats were on their vines an eating them down. I asked about getting some from her and she said she was coming to FW in a few days. She came and brought me about 20 cats on a bouquet of vines. Since we introduced those, they come every year!
Put a request out on Craig's List for them, you may get more than you want!"

Read more: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1365340/#ixzz35xviQk2r