My Butterfly Garden

[happy1892]

Awesome.

Many people think that awesome means cool but it means something like perfect or everything like God.

 

[agent A]

No butterfly bushes? Those things are like crack to butterflies. We have a few.

i pissed a guy off yesterday because he had a butterfly bush in his front yard and i kept catching stuff off it to feed my mantises (that in and of itself made him mad) and in the process i accidentally smacked off half the plant's top growth with the net :lol: :blush:

 

[CoolMantid]

Lol, that probally wasnt the best thing to do. LOL

 

[happy1892]

i pissed a guy off yesterday because he had a butterfly bush in his front yard and i kept catching stuff off it to feed my mantises (that in and of itself made him mad) and in the process i accidentally smacked off half the plant's top growth with the net :lol: :blush:

Oh dear!

 

[CoolMantid]

Hey everybody,

Sorry for not posting for a while I kinda got side tracked lol

Anyways

Since my house is in the woods we have natural growing weeds/grass and every year the grass gets tall and becomes a fire hazard so we have to cut it down. The people you cut the grass/weeds down, cut down 3 of my buttefly garden plants and litttered my garden with dead/cut grass. They cut down 1 of my Hummingbird sages and 2 of my Snapdragons thinking they were "weeds". It will be months before the grass blows away and it will take half a year before those plants reach their original size.



Some Gulf Fritillary pics to come soon!

 

[Mvalenz]

Beautiful garden. Nice pics too.

 

[agent A]

Hey everybody,

Sorry for not posting for a while I kinda got side tracked lol

Anyways

Since my house is in the woods we have natural growing weeds/grass and every year the grass gets tall and becomes a fire hazard so we have to cut it down. The people you cut the grass/weeds down, cut down 3 of my buttefly garden plants and litttered my garden with dead/cut grass. They cut down 1 of my Hummingbird sages and 2 of my Snapdragons thinking they were "weeds". It will be months before the grass blows away and it will take half a year before those plants reach their original size.



Some Gulf Fritillary pics to come soon!

u should set some bear traps in the grass so the next time they come to cut the grass justice is served... :devil: :shifty: :tank: :2guns: :devil2:

 

[CoolMantid]

Beautiful garden. Nice pics too.

Thank you

u should set some bear traps in the grass so the next time they come to cut the grass justice is served... :devil: :shifty: :tank: :2guns: :devil2:

JUSTICE! :devil:

 

[sporeworld]

Awesome! (Wait, is that the right word...?) jk

I'm very jealous.

 

[CoolMantid]

Awesome! (Wait, is that the right word...?) jk

I'm very jealous.

Thanks

I lost my Camera so, thats why some pics aren't up. I think I left it in my dads car but I will have to check....

 

[hibiscusmile]

Many people think that awesome means cool but it means something like perfect or everything like God.

How right you are my friend!

Hey just found this and I am going to kidnap you and make u work in my yard! how lovely you have such beautiful plants. Years ago, before my back broke working with hubby, I had a beautiful flower garden going, maybe I look for the pics, but all I Have left are the hibiscus plants, dinner plate varieties and some sandwich size, if you or anyone wants seeds, let me know and I will send them, they are easy to raise and come back year after year... AW! I see Abbys big paw in the pic!

 

[CoolMantid]

Those are gorgeous. I have some that arent part of my garden though...

 

[brancsikia339]

Awesome garden! But make sure no one eats the foxglove!!! Those things are deadly!!! Also, do you have good luck with attracting butterflies/ caterpillars? I try and no caterpillars whatsoever

 

[CoolMantid]

From my Passion Vine I have gotten MANY Gulf Fritillary Butterflies. This is my 2nd generation of raising them

From my Milkweed last year I got 52 caterpillars

From my Fennel I have gotten 12 Anise Swallowtail caterpillars 2 years ago.

From my thistle I got 1 freaking Painted lady!

Thats it so far. I hope to find more this year.\

In your Signiture it says you have found a monarch! Where did you find it?

What other cats do you have?

 

[hibiscusmile]

I have seen monarchs here, but I dont know much about cats at all, I do have pic of one I will try to post later and u can tell me what it is.

 

[agent A]

I am going to kidnap you and make u work in my yard!

can u kidnap me too? and all my mantises? :tt2:

 

[CoolMantid]

I have seen monarchs here, but I dont know much about cats at all, I do have pic of one I will try to post later and u can tell me what it is.

I am very good with butterfly species, so if you post the picture I would be happy to help.

You dont have to kidnap me. I have already packed my bags and got a one way train ticket!!!!!!jk lol

 

[brancsikia339]

In your Signiture it says you have found a monarch! Where did you find it?

What other cats do you have?

Found my monarch cat on a milkweed plant at my grandparent's house. They live out east on long island

Also out there i found an endless amount of leafrollers. The two mystery sp cats are also from there. I think #1 is a polyphemus!! *fingers crossed*

Currently I have monarchs, polyphemus, roland's sallow, leafrollers, and a Nadata gibbosa! Found 'em all last weekend. Hoping to soon raise Graellsia isabellae or Antheraea yamamai

 

[CoolMantid]

Ah!

Thats great!

I founs my camera do tomorrow i will post some pics

 

[CoolMantid]

I found this little guy when I went on a hike above my house

This little guy was hopping around my garden

Gorgeous unknown plant that attracts a lot of butterflies and hummingbirds

My Orleander

Sage

African Violet something... (Sorry thats its blurry)