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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 20:04:42 GMT
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Post by missyaggravation on Aug 30, 2015 21:06:15 GMT
Incredible huh
Especially a fully formed chrysalis popping out from a caterpillar skin
Beautiful creatures
We have a tree nearby that monarchs winter over in, swarms of them
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Post by andri on Aug 30, 2015 21:11:27 GMT
Reminds me of school. Raising them in fish tanks and watching them morph into butterflies.
I hardly see monachs these days. I read planting swan plants encourages them into the garden.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 21:18:08 GMT
Reminds me of school. Raising them in fish tanks and watching them morph into butterflies. I hardly see monachs these days. I read planting swan plants encourages them into the garden. Those paper wasps suck the guts out of the caterpillars. Another great fuck up that was introduced, to kill the white butterfly caterpillar and it is destroying all caterpillars.  |
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Post by ulg on Aug 30, 2015 21:18:03 GMT
Reminds me of school. Raising them in fish tanks and watching them morph into butterflies. I hardly see monachs these days. I read planting swan plants encourages them into the garden. The problem with swan plants is they encourage mites and aphids into your garden system,...so most "serious" gardeners hate swan plants.  |
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Post by andri on Aug 30, 2015 21:22:42 GMT
Thanks for the info ulg. Dave wouldn't allow any plant that attracts butterflies no matter how beautiful they look. His vege garden is king.
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Post by ulg on Aug 30, 2015 21:51:43 GMT
Thanks for the info ulg. Dave wouldn't allow any plant that attracts butterflies no matter how beautiful they look. His vege garden is king. How is ol' Horse cock Dave?..I remember that one time when me and him went to the knock shop together , .....when the prozzies seen his package they just about fainted...haha...them were the days.  |
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Post by andri on Aug 30, 2015 22:23:56 GMT
Yip he's good thanks lol
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Post by Nats on Aug 31, 2015 0:25:18 GMT
Kids loved watching the process of them on our Swan plant.
We gave Swan plants to family members for Christmas they all said thats
the best gifts they ever had.
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Post by missyaggravation on Aug 31, 2015 1:16:34 GMT
Yep they are very cool
However when we've had them, we've attracted so many butterflies that they always strip the poor plants.
Have had to do mad dashes round garden centres to replace them
You can feed them pumpkin but it can make the butterflies quite deformed
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Post by Imbannedeverywhere on Aug 31, 2015 3:28:49 GMT
Datura attracts them like crazy too.... but dont plant any if you have teenagers in the neighbourhood..... another round of experimenters here in Wanga's this weekend... throwing up and blind for a couple of hours at the A&E.
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Post by missyaggravation on Aug 31, 2015 4:54:37 GMT
Ah yes, I know about datura.
It's a beautiful flower, enormous and pearlescent. We used to take them to school for our teachers.
The girl over the road was a bit of a druggie. She availed herself of some to brew up, and was found by her parents shut in the coal bin, talking to imaginary flowers.
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Post by andri on Aug 31, 2015 5:15:00 GMT
Geez Daytura. My freind was given some D juice and took her clothes off insisting she needed to was and hang them out. We just let her run its course. Horrible stuff. Wonder what happens to butterflies when they munch down on it.
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