What's eating my butterfly bush
bigbill
16 years ago
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jean001
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Monarchs EAT Butterfly Bush Second Pic????
Comments (4)Pretty cool...We had found a couple on natural plants that they like (I am drawing a complete blank on the name of this plant and I know what it is :my daughter has a Butterfly bush and a few weeks or so ago she said it was covered with butterflies... Juanita...See MoreWhats eating my Butterfly bushes
Comments (9)There are a lot of organic insect repellents/killers to chose from. A good full service garden center will have a larger selection of organic insecticides than the box stores and good garden centers have competitive prices. One natural product that comes to mind is diatomaceous earth; made of ground seashells, I believe. It's a white powder, a little messy to apply, but it works especially well for earwigs. It kills the little evil things as they crawl over it on the ground around your plant! I had lots of trouble with earwigs destroying my clematis. I hate those ugly things! Diatomaceous earth is the main ingredient found under many names, so ask at your store. It also works for slugs and snails as well. Buy a larger quantity and and you'll have it a long time. A good organic concentrate will kill the little buggers also, but ask; not all insecticides will kill every bug. Good luck....See MoreDragonflies eating all my butterflies - What to do?
Comments (11)Send us those dragonflies, Jennifer. I'd rather have "flying dragons" controlling the mosquitoes than "flying aircraft". We have lots of dragonflies here, including some really huge ones. I've never seen one attack a butterfly. The big green darner dragonflies like to hang out near the Passionvine, yet I have never seen one bother an egg-laying female GF. What I do see are the nasty-tempered Hackberry and Tawny Emperors running off any other butterfly that comes around while they're active. Those Emps are mighty d**n territorial and aggressive! Emps will even chase away Giant Swallowtails-- just imagine the size differential! The GST's are enormous compared to the Emperors, yet the Emps are some serious bullies. Still, it's amusing to watch the Emps zipping about through the trees in the afternoons. Kind of bland, colorwise (the Tawny Emperors are a bit more colorful but not much), but they're pretty snappy and agile flyers. It's like having my own air show. Sorry, I digressed......See MoreWhat's eating my butterfly eggs and cats???
Comments (1)The possibilities are endless as to what's getting them. In my area, predatory stink bugs are usually common and eat many caterpillars given the opportunity. It could be that they're dying for what reason I don't know - do mosquito spray trucks frequent your streets? There are also some critters that reportedly take butterfly eggs, although fortunately for me, they don't occur here. A good solution is to take the eggs on the leaves they're on, put the stems of these leaves in water picks or left over containers with water in them and holes punched in the tops and raise them in cages yourself. The FAQ section should have links to information on how to raise them. Sherry...See Morelilia_gardener
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