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14 years ago

Here is whats going on in my yard right now. Anyone know what the weird caterpillars are? I have a glow in the dark dog and cat in the garden now and John got his birthday present early. Underwater light for the pond. Indoor fish got a bigger house. Thank goodness for craigslist, lol. They were outgrowing the old tank.

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taz56
14 years ago
Wow Kristy, everything looks so nice!
Great brugs!
Susan
givelittle_getlots
14 years ago
Ok that is it. I GOT TO COME OVER lol. But I wait till next week until I am sure that my cold is totally gone.

Kristy it looks all SO GORGEOUS and what a display that light is. SUPER present :-)

ha ha ha ha ha ha about the cat. Funny thing is that I found one just like that this week. But HOW I found it and WHERE...I thought at first it was moving poop!! I believe it is this cats disguise roflmao To look like poop that no one wants to come close to roflmao again. Glad I was not just imagining this ha ha ha ha ha Moving poop. I need to quit watching hi fi movies lol

So glad you felt good enough to post the pictures. thanks friend

Lucy
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Here is last one. I got up about 1am and took it. I am so tired, lol. I told hubby is was an aphrodisiac so he would quit bugging me to go to bed and he stayed up late with me sniffing it like crazy even though he can't smell a thing, lol. It smells like baby powder to me. Yes, it only lasts one night. Here is a pic of this morning as well as one of another pods so you can see how wierd this thing grows. It gets huge long stalk that stick out all over and it takes up my whole dining room window during the winter but I keep it because of the alien looking flowers and a friend that passed away in Louisiana had given me the original 3 cuttings that this grew from. Dave I love your epi. I just got a cutting a couple of weeks ago for my first daybloomer. Those grow much more mannerly than the night bloomers so I wouldn't mind more of them, lol. Can you root cut up pieces of the leaf like the night blooming one or do you root the whole leaf? I forgot to ask so I had the whole leaf I got rooting at the bottom. I would like to know what causes that shriveling up of the stems too on the brugs. I tell you variegated brugs hate me. This sport is so pale I hope it lives. I don't know if I should cut off the mother stalk or not? It is hollow to the dirt. I love my frog too. I go out and hunt for him every night, lol.
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karyn1
14 years ago
Everything looks great. The first cat might be some type of swallowtail and the other a hornworm. If you post on the butterfly forum you'll get an answer immediately. I love that light in the pond and looking at the aquarium makes me kind of want to set one of mine back up.
givelittle_getlots
14 years ago
found it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Asian swallowtail caterpillar
eloise_ca
14 years ago
Wow Kristy, your garden looks fantastic! I love the way the lights look in the pond, and your aquarium is beautiful! Last sentence from Lucy's post, have you not been well? Sorry, but I've missed a lot so haven't caught up with what is going on with everyone.
siam_cannas
14 years ago
I love butterflies and caterpillars! everything looks great :)
fool4flowers
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14 years ago
Thanks for the ID Lucy. They have been devouring my citrus trees. Eloise I had the cold/flu thing then the allergies have been in high gear and having a lot of neck and shoulder pain again. Haven't even felt like getting on the computer much but am getting back to feeling half human again and of course its starting to rain since I was going out to try to fertilize and get some packing done. Well it will have to wait once again. I really love watching the fish in the aquarium. Its really relaxing and I'll take some more pics of the pond when it clears up. We had cleaned the filter and since we were messing around with it anyway I gave John his pond light so he could put it in. His birthday isn't until the 18th. Its nice to finally see a few blooms.
givelittle_getlots
14 years ago
Kristy you got any pink flowers missing>? Cause I swear that is just a regular normally green cat lol

Lucy
fool4flowers
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14 years ago
That was what stumped me with the pink caterpillar. Never seen a hot pink horn worm, lol. I had a big bud on Day Dreams and it was normal looking for once and I saw a big hole in it last night with caterpillar poop up in there. Its war now. I am NEVER going to get to see a normal flower on that dang plant. I'm breaking out the BT. There were about 15 little green worms on that one plant and they weren't there 2 days ago. Grrrr.
karyn1
14 years ago
Actually I'm pretty sure it's a Giant Swallowtail cat which feed on citrus foliage. There's several swallowtail varieties and some look like bird poop but I don't know if the Asian Swallowtail is in the US. If you post on the butterfly forum you'll get a definitive answer. Did you find out anything about the pinkish hornworm?

Here is a link that might be useful: Giant Swallowtail
luvmy3afhounds
14 years ago
Kristy,
Your blooms are beautiful and I love your whimsical garden!
However, you can keep those worms and cats! LOL!!!
Joyce
givelittle_getlots
14 years ago
thanks Karyn for setting the poop in the right light roflmao Had only seen the Asian Swallowtail one when I googled. I should have also tried citrus google. I am learning and I love to have you by my side, helping me along the way.

Kristy if you do not pick them EVERY DAY...they take over and it seems like a loosing battle. After the week in Florida, I was at a loss on how to catch up and finally broke down and cut off all those ugly wholy leaves.

Jocye the worms...I don't have enough birds or who ever eats THEM...around. But the cats...can always stay!

What a joy I had the other day when I saw a hole swarm of Gulf fritillary butterflies flying around in the yard. What a peaceful feeling you get.

Lucy
forever_a_newbie_VA8
14 years ago
A real moonlight gardening! must be very nice sitting there in a summer night. changsong
eloise_ca
14 years ago
Kristy, just wanted to say that I hope you are feeling better, and to take it easy with the hard labor and not mess-up your shoulder and neck more.

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