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Monarchs still on the move!
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Posted by butterflymomok 7 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 30, 09 at 13:22
| Yesterday I went outside between showers and there were lots of Monarchs in my garden. The garden is looking a little ragged, but still has nectar available. I had lots of other BFs as well. It's amazing to see them hanging around still. We haven't had a killing frost, so hopefully we will have the winged visitors a little longer. I'm always sad when they are all gone.
How many of you are still seeing butterflies and/or Monarchs?
Sandy |
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- Posted by ams2009 baton rouge, la (My Page) on
Fri, Oct 30, 09 at 14:24
| I saw two monarchs in my yard yesterday, on my lantana, this was the first time I have ever seen monarchs in my yard! At least I think they were monarchs, I am new to this so I am still learning, lol. I have seen what i think are gulf frits on my lantana several times, but the ones yesterday looked to be monarchs to me. I get a lot of the small yellow butterfles, I see those everyday, near my hibiscus and bottlebrush tree, not sure if those plants are what is attracting them though, I never see them nectar, just flying around. I have seen them nectar on my mexican heather plants. I also saw, a few weeks ago, two butterflies or moths, not sure, they were dark almost black, with a green-blue "sheen" on the backs of their bodies, and they had a long "tail" they were also on my lantana. Until I accidentally fell into the hobby of raising caterpillars, I didn't notice how many butterflies my yellow lantana attracts!! I think the previous owner of my home, must have been into butterfly gardening, because apparently a lot of the plants that he put in the yard, are butterfly faves! It has been such an incredible experience raising the GST cats that I found on my citrus, that I have been thinking about making a "butterfly" garden, with larval and nectar plants native to this area, but I know very, very little about plants, butterflies, etc, so I am in process of researching which larval and nectar host plants would be ideal for my area. I would love to host monarch cats, but I have not seen milkweed in my area, that I am aware of anyway. |
RE: Monarchs still on the move!
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| Nothing here. We've had two frosts already, but my china asters are doing all they can to hold on. Started gathering seeds from the dead heads. |
RE: Monarchs still on the move!
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| We are in Pflugerville just north of Austin. We planted Black Knight and Kaleidoscope butterfly bushes a few years ago and this time of year our back yard is swarming with Monarchs. I went out back this afternoon and took a few photos. They are stopping by and feeding on their way south. It's been going on for a few weeks now and will most likely continue until the first frost kills them off. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Monarchs
RE: Monarchs still here!
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| Here's another photo I took this evening. I would say that the butterfly bushes are really popular with these guys. Well worth the small investment. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Monarchs
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