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Mar 7, 2014 4:51 PM CST
Name: Margaret
Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)
Region: Canadian Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Tip Photographer Garden Ideas: Master Level I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Charter ATP Member
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This is what caused the loading problem the other day. The thread "Connection problems?" in Site Talk forum
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Mar 7, 2014 6:04 PM CST
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Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Thanks for the news, Margaret. There was another site I was visiting last night that seemed to be having the same problems as far as just freezing up and not being able to click on anything. I wonder if they were the target of an attack, as well?
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Mar 7, 2014 6:32 PM CST
Name: Margaret
Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)
Region: Canadian Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Tip Photographer Garden Ideas: Master Level I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Charter ATP Member
Morning Glories Critters Allowed Birds Houseplants Butterflies Garden Photography
Could be Melanie, the people that do that kind of thing are despicable!! Angry
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Mar 9, 2014 10:52 AM CST
Name: María Cecilia Merlo
La Plata, ARGENTINA
Monarchs come to the asclepias almost every day.
This one went to the blooms first and then she began to lay her eggs
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Mar 9, 2014 11:11 AM CST
Name: Janice Hurd
Thompsonville Village, Ct. (Zone 6a)
"Where flowers bloom so does hope"
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So pretty!
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo F. Buscaglia
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Mar 9, 2014 12:42 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Love the picture of her laying the egg on the milkweed! Very nice.
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Mar 9, 2014 1:49 PM CST
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
I agree
I garden for the pollinators.
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Mar 10, 2014 9:04 AM CST
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
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I garden for the pollinators.
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Mar 10, 2014 5:13 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
I love when the skippers hold their wings open like that. They look like little airplanes ready to take off!
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Mar 11, 2014 6:07 AM CST
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
I agree They look very serious about their business when they do that.
I garden for the pollinators.
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Mar 13, 2014 10:51 PM CST
Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
Organic Gardener Bookworm Enjoys or suffers hot summers Charter ATP Member Salvias Herbs
Bluebonnets Native Plants and Wildflowers Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Forum moderator Purslane Hummingbirder
One of the hummingbird moths enjoying the Carolina Jessamine blooms.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
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Mar 14, 2014 12:05 AM CST
Name: Glen Ingram
Macleay Is, Qld, Australia (Zone 12a)
(Lee Reinke X Rose F Kennedy) X Unk
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That is an excellent moth Linda.
The problem is that when you are young your life it is ruined by your parents. When you are older it is ruined by your children.
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Mar 14, 2014 4:32 AM CST
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
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I garden for the pollinators.
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Mar 14, 2014 10:38 AM CST
Name: María Cecilia Merlo
La Plata, ARGENTINA
I have never seen a hummingbird moth.... Crying

This butterfly was around all the morning. She seemed to like the bignonia

Here, with the wings open

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With the wings closed

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Mar 14, 2014 3:44 PM CST
Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
Organic Gardener Bookworm Enjoys or suffers hot summers Charter ATP Member Salvias Herbs
Bluebonnets Native Plants and Wildflowers Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Forum moderator Purslane Hummingbirder
Wow! Never seen a butterfly like that one, ceci!
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
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Mar 14, 2014 7:21 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
I agree Very cool! Glad we have some international members on here; I love the variety!
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Mar 14, 2014 9:14 PM CST
Name: María Cecilia Merlo
La Plata, ARGENTINA
I didn't know the name, but I made a search in google and I found it is an actinote pyrrha. Common name: Big lazy

http://www.ecoregistros.com.ar...
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Mar 14, 2014 11:07 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
What a mean name for a butterfly! Maybe it flies funny? Zebra Longwings always fly like they're kind of lazy so I could see someone naming it that. But still...they couldn't think of anything better? Thanks for the info!
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Mar 15, 2014 2:29 AM CST
Name: Glen Ingram
Macleay Is, Qld, Australia (Zone 12a)
(Lee Reinke X Rose F Kennedy) X Unk
Amaryllis Hybridizer Canning and food preservation Lilies Native Plants and Wildflowers Orchids
Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Pollen collector Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Plays in the sandbox Sedums Seed Starter
Striations like that on a butterfly is way cool.
The problem is that when you are young your life it is ruined by your parents. When you are older it is ruined by your children.
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Mar 16, 2014 8:39 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Things are definitely starting to warm up here in Florida. Today at the museum I found nine Monarch cats and one Cloudless Sulphur cat. I spotted a Gulf Fritillary flying around even though it was still in the upper 60s. The flight cage is slowly becoming more diverse. Here's a look at everyone I could catch on film today.

Zebra Longwings

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Monarch (a little torn up)

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And the Buckeyes are now in their adult stage!

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