Do birds eat butterflies?
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Ants eating my butterflies... what can i do?
Comments (3)Do you mean you've got adult butterflies in a screened in area? If so, you should let them out immediately! Adults shouldn't be kept in an enclosure. I'm not surprised ants have found them - in nature, this doesn't happen, because the butterflies can fly away. If this is happening to free flying butterflies, please explain. Sherry...See MoreDo birds, butterflies or hummer's like cannas?
Comments (6)I heard that hummers liked canna. I noticed that my neighbor had many humming bird feeders. I asked if she saw any hummers. She said not at her feeders but lots at her canna. I said that I would love to have hummers. In the fall she left about 20 lbs of canna rhizomes at my back door. I was perplexed. I put them in the basement and planted them the next spring. I had hummers all over those canna. When I dug them up in the fall (no small feat, and wrecked my beds) I had about 4 times as many as I planted and I understood why this neighbor gave them to me. That fall I dropped canna rhizomes off to everyone who I knew that had a garden. In my zone (Z6) they are not hardy and are quite a bit of work to dig up, prepair, store and plant the next spring. However, they create an impressive, lush, tropical feel in the garden. Canna are very out of place in my mid-atlantic cottage garden. I plan on replacing them with native canada lilies (when I find a good source for healthey reasonably priced plants. They are apparently good hummer attractors, hardy in my area, more appropriate for a cottage garden, and MUCH less WORK!. So to answer your question...they do attract hummers!. JD...See MoreWhat insects do humming birds eat
Comments (10)voodoobrew, I've tried liquidy bad fruit a few more times for my butterfly population on perfect weather days, and still just ants for me, too, while the butterflies went about their time at the flowers oblivious to my offering. I should keep trying, though, especially now that the hummingbirds are here too and might be interested....See MoreDo birds eat stapelia sprouts?
Comments (3)Yes, I started with 60% and left-out with 50% from the original seed package. Huernias grow more slowly and are more vulnerable. Do you prefer all in one tray, or plug flats? There are plug flats with small plug holes, originally intended for hydroponic plugs. I filled them with cactus mix for the Huernias but soon realized peat is better as the cactus mix dries too quickly even in the shade....See Morebernergrrl
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