Hi Starrlife; You are lucky being in Columbus. I would join Ohio Lepidopterists if I were you (I have). All of their meetings are in the Columbus area and they have a wealth of knowledge and great field trips. Many of them have raised tons of butterflies and some have native host plants, many hard to get, in their backyard. A book I would recommend to someone starting is "The Lifecycle Of Butterflies", by Judy Burris and Wayne Richards. I am suprised we don't have it on our list. We mention it often on the board. Wayne and Judy live just south of Cincy. I see them once or twice a year. We don't get everything in the book but most of it. It is a good book for a beginner because it is the only one that will show you what the egg through to the adult looks like. It also lists host plants for each species. It does not give you every host plant. It does give the ones that work for them. Just don't limit yourself to what is in the book. Go slow, this is very addicting. Pick a few species, as you will find with the polyphemus, 20 eggs and 10 fist instars are easy to feed, 30 fourth instars are time consuming! I know because I have about 100 cats KC gave me. Thanks KC :).... -Elisabeth

Karalynn, the eggs sound like anole eggs to me. Perfect description. I can't swear to it, but I'm pretty sure the snake eggs would be larger. (Wayne?) I move the lizard eggs out of pots all the time, and it doesn't seem to hurt them. No, the anoles and racerunners aren't toxic to my knowledge. My animals have killed (and sometimes eaten) both over the years, with no ill effects. I HAVE heard that skinks are poisonous, but I'll have to research that to be sure. (Again, if you are around Wayne, please share your knowledge with us. We are all trying to learn more about our reptilian garden visitors.) Marcia

I stumbled upon this post a few weeks back because I too was really puzzled by the appearance of these tiny black dots sprinkled all over my wall paper, monstera plant, the curtains, and my bedding. They looked like poppy seeds but attached/stuck to the plant, wallpaper, and the fabric. After carefully scraping them off with my fingernail and vacuuming the curtains, I would be astonished to find a new set of dots peppering the same wall all over again a few hours later. I got a bit obsessive over the next couple of days as this really bothered/disgusted me (the plant is right next to my bed/pillow), but eventually I found the culprit (actually on several occasions). It turned out to be a moth, or at least that's what I figured once I saw it. When I researched the internet trying to figure out what these dots/seeds/eggs could be, I passed on the idea of it being moth eggs because in all the photos the eggs were neatly arranged close together, but mine were spread all over the place about 10-50 cms apart 1 egg at a time. During the day, I typically open the windows to air out, sometimes only a bit, so I guess moths must find their way inside the house and then hide themselves very well. I found one hidden in the folds of the curtain. I found a second moth a few days later again in the very corner of the room hidden by the folds of the curtain. I think these suckers are just very good at hiding & camouflaging because my husband and I were carefully screening the folds and looking all over and didn't notice any the previous days. I even watered the plant daily to ensure there weren't any moths or other culprits hiding in there. Unfortunately I continue to periodically find these black pin-sized heads on the same wall and curtain, but I'm less freaked out about it now that I know what it is and much more thorough at looking for the culprits. My advice is to make sure you close the windows and really check all the cracks since they're very good at hiding.

Golden Leaf granite would look good with black cabinets. We have it honed on cream (laundry room) and stained pine in the kitchen. Our black hutch as a new pine counter. I also have copper in our home - interior and exterior. The pine hutch in the kitchen and the laundry room backsplash are copper sheeting purchased from our HVAC guy. Copper sinks and faucets in black hutch and laundry room. Copper hood. Kitchen linked below, here is the laundry: Here is a link that might be useful: my kitchen