I think Kylaluaz is on to something...............You could make it PICK YOUR OWN POOP operation to save on labor.! LOL
I think the scrubbies is a great idea. That's why I love this site, I get great informaiton.
Peg
Puddling, scat and butterfly brew photos
I need to redo my bait bar for sure. I have been pouring it over a cupped piece of bark, thus the puddling. I have a neighbor with firewood pile....need to take a walk in that direction. lol!
Just remember when using a scrubbie to pour the brew into a shallow bowl first...then set the scrubbie down on it. Make sure the scrubbie fits the bowl - elsewise you'll get bees and crawling down the sides of the scrubbie to reach the brew. Of course, you'll have to pick up the scrubbie to add more brew when needed or rinse it out when necessary.
Firewood piles are prime choices for making a bait log :o) However, out here we have to watch out for scorpions, black widow spiders and rattlesnakes that like to take cover in them. UGH!!!
~ Cat
ps...if you find an old log with lots of worm holes those work great too.
OMG, just found this thread. Holy cow!
Doesn't it make you want to go south for the winter? It does me!
yes it DOES make me want to go south!
Well, ya'll need to keep south Texas, mainly the lower Rio Grande Valley, in mind when you want to go on a butterfly vacation. The fall season is our peak season - and our annual butterfly festival is usually starts on the third Thursday in October.
Silver Emperor sipping on brew that I put on my finger :o) I love watching these buggers eat. They have the wildest lime green proboscis!!!
~ Cat
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I see it...that is too strange. It is a pretty butterfly too.
Updated photo of one of the two Dryas Julia - Julia Longwing caterpillars I am raising. They are now approximately 5 days old today.
~ Cat
Ooops...posted this on the wrong thread...DOH!!!
~ Cat
ps...the Julia Longwing butterfly doesn't come to bait...least not that I know of.
I mashed about a dozen frozen/thawed out cherries together with an overripe banana and blobbed it on some cut up oranges on the usual fence post. Poured a little bit of brew on it and within about five minutes a Great Purple Hairstreak showed up on it. WOW! I'd never had one of those come to bait - guess it was hungry since there isn't much blooming at the ranch.
~ Cat
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Another view...couldn't resist watching this beautiful Hairstreak nectar on the bait.
~ Cat
What a kick!
I never knew about the bait and I appreciate the recipe links!
I hope this will make my garden popular with the flutterbys next year!
The bushfoot species are the only ones that are interested in the bf bait usually.
Oh, I'll be brewing, too!
:)
That's true...brushfoot butterflies are the ones that usually come to brew but out here we get all kinds. Some get their dose of minerals and salts from scat, damp soil, sap and dead animals etc.
Had a Soldier nectaring on a wedge of tangerine this past Saturday. This is another first for me - had never seen a Soldier on anything but flowers.
~ Cat
