Oh how beautiful. I am always betwixt and between - hating the caterpillars for eating holes in the leaves of my plants - sometimes stripping them completely, but yet knowing if I kill them there will be no butterflies or moths
@gardencat they came here on ships a long time back as the milkweed seed fluff was using as packing material. thus we have milkweed and monarchs. but it is warm enough here that they don't attempt to migrate - I see them on the property year round.
they are the one non-native I protect here because their numbers are dwindling so alarmingly in the north and they don't predate at all on our native butterflies. interesting isn't it!
they are the one non-native I protect here because their numbers are dwindling so alarmingly in the north and they don't predate at all on our native butterflies. interesting isn't it!