For gardeners who wish to purposefully attract butterflies to their yard. Great discussions about raising caterpillars and the plants they eat, butterflies they become, and the people who love them.
We also have a group in MySpace for butterfly gardeners here:
http://groups.myspace.com/butterflygarden
Hi Cheryl, What part of the country do you live? This is zone 10 1/2 so it is tropical as you know...we have Asclepias Curassavica milkweed here....Home
Oh, sorry to hear this outcome, but you tried. So, what should be done with a found chrysalis, I wonder? Cheryl ... along nicely, The wing colors could be seen
Cheryl, The first chrysalis just disappeared in the greenhouse. The second, found outside, was put in the greenhouse and was coming along nicely, The wing
Hi Cheryl, I had been having lots of aphids and the black and red milkweed bug....my milkweed was in terrible condition....a friend was cutting her milkweed