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gardenwithbutterflies...
Apr 1, 2004 2:40 pm
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Yesterday I found two teeny, eensy spicebush swallowtail cats on my camphor tree! I am so excited, as you all may or may not recall, these are my favorite...
Congratulations. The Spicebush cats are my favorite, also. I just got leaves on my spicebush. Hopefully, soon I will find some cats, too. Ginger in SC ...
Yes, my spicebush is just getting its little buds opening up. Good thing I had the camphor tree. The guy at one of the native nurseries around here gave it...
Hi Mary Kay and all, I am still jealous of you all with Spicebush larvae. By the way, the camphor tree(Cinnamomum camphora) is easy to grow from the seeds it ...
Hey Group, I have added a collage of some recent activity going on in the garden, to my album(A Mikes) in the Photos section for our group. The title is "Bfly...
Hi Mike and all, Nice collage! What is the light blue flower the Monarchs are nectaring on? I do not recognize it. Looks like something everyone should have. ...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. MONDAY NIGHT CHAT Date: Monday, April 5, 2004 Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM CDT (GMT-05:00) MONDAY NITE CHAT Don't...
gardenwithbutterflies...
Apr 5, 2004 12:05 pm
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The Monarchs are pretty active here too! I currently have about 25 chrysalis (chysali?) on the eaves of my house. They seem to be smaller than the ones from...
Hey, Richard The flower in the pic that I think you are refering to is a verbena it comes in a lot of colors. Don't get to excited though the verbena is a...
Hi This town has many lakes and creeks with lots of mosquito spraying by the county. They skip our 3 locations but kill many BFs that usually come in daily We...
rubyebill77@...
Apr 5, 2004 10:58 pm
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Hey Group, Just came home from work to find 12 more Monarchs had eclosed today. It was so enjoyable to release them!!! Mike in Tampa...
Hi all, My new house now officially has a butterfly garden!! I got everything planted after visiting plants of the southwest nursery in Albq last week. I got...
Hello all... I have been trying to get the aphid/milkweed bug (same?) under control, with little sucess. I was out for the last two days, washing each leaf...
Leah, Yes, the Lady bugs eat the butterfly eggs and teeny caterpillars, too. I know how hard it is to keep up with the aphids (Milkweed bugs are different,...
Hey, Melany, it sounds as if you have really been busy with your garden! I'm sure you're looking forward to seeing "new" butterfly action in it. Good luck,...
turn1799@...
Apr 8, 2004 12:24 am
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My dictionary spells the plural of chrysalis as chrysalides and includes chrysalises as an alternative plural term. I also learned that chrysalid is another...
... Ortho Malathion 50 works well and is available at your local Walmart garden center. Follow the dilution instructions on the label for aphid control on...
Hi Carol and all, I wish the dictionaries would agree with each other and books with them too. The Simon and Schuster's Guide to Butterflies and Moths has: the...
Hi Melany and all, Congratulations on your new garden at the new 'digs'. Must be nice starting out fresh. Are you going to keep a journal of your 'visitors'...
Butterflies from Gondwana 70 million years old according to a Metalmark found in the Caribbean in the magazine Nature|1April2004|Vol428|page 477. A metalmark...
Melany, your garden sounds great! Leah, I know this isn't going to sound helpful, but after I find the first Monarch egg on my Milkweed I just let the aphids...
Richard, I looked in my classic text book "An Introduction to the Insects" and found that chrysalids is the term they chose to use, not chrysalides. For fun, I...
Carol, I spend so much time and energy in the summer trying to get rid of the aphids on my milkweed. We have perhaps 30-40 plants. Are you saying that you...
I suppose you all have seen this website on pawpaws. It is interesting how much there is to learn about them. I am having trouble getting them established in...
Hi Carol and all, Wow! I hope you didn't look up every entry. It was a similar situation with the word 'eclosure' meaning the emergence of from the chrysalis....
Hi Ginger and all, The seeds I got from Diane germinated and grew, lost their leaves in the fall, but have not gotten new leaves yet. I hope they are still ...
... aphids ... just ... Ginger, I spray Safer soap spray on my Milkweeds' aphids when there are no Monarchs around, but when I'm raising Monarch caterpillars I...
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