I thought I would put together some brief videos on how to create a successful Butterfly Garden for my last day of vacation. There are a total of 5 videos, each one is less than 2 minutes long. Watching these should give you a decent idea of how to start (or continue) a successful Butterfly...
Category Archives: Fennel We haven’t seen any Eastern Black Swallowtails lately. However, today was different. Nearly all the Butterflies we’ve ever seen were floating around the yard somewhere today. The picture below is an Eastern Black Swallowtail laying eggs on the Fennel.  We finally got some Ladybugs (3000) yesterday to hopefully reduce this Aphid infestation we have. Last night and early this morning they were really feasting on the Aphids. Towards the afternoon when we started to hit a heat index of probably 100 degrees, they started to fly off. Hopefully they will come back tomorrow because...  It’s so damn hot and humid in Houston right now I think even the Butterflies are laying low. Unfortunately, the pests that inhabit a Butterfly Garden are all over the place, at least all over my place. Aphids. Normally I don’t stress too much about these little pokemon looking critters, but some of my Milkweed...  If you’ve been reading, you know I have lots of books on Butterflies but sometimes books don’t provide all the answers. Look at the next three pictures and see if you can identify what type of Butterfly these might be as I have no idea. First up, some type of Butterfly on our Fennel. Here’s... |
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