Last evening the butterfly bushes were covered with cats but this morning, only a few still munching on what is left of the leaves - they stripped it clean. Where are all those cats today?
They can't have crawled very far...

There are 4 chrysalis hanging on the wooden fence and two already opened. Saw a couple fluttering by...

Way to go Kurt!!

Pretty skippers Christine.

Betsy, do you know what kind of cats/chrysalises?

I did get egg bombed. I only could find one egg but I'm sure there must be more. The leaves are small & close together. The only way I would be able to see better is turn the plant upside down or lay on the ground & look up & I'm not trying either.
It is amazing how the milkweeds are putting on new growth though. They were close to being stripped clean.

piksihk said:Last evening the butterfly bushes were covered with cats but this morning, only a few still munching on what is left of the leaves - they stripped it clean.

??? I did not know that Butterfly Bush was host to anything. We are talking Buddleia - right?
I have 12 bushes and see tons of nectaring, but never any type of Car.

David, I can't remember who it was, but we had a user with Buckeyes hosting on Buddleia last year. I think it was one of the Florida folks?

Yup, that would be me. Let me see if I can go find the photos. BRB

I didn't even pick up on that Betsy had said the butterfly bushes. Need to put my thinking cap on & pay attention.

Photo taken June 11, 2015
Common Buckeye chrysalis on butterfly bush

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The front pasture is mowed, but there's still plenty of tall grass out back, which is where the little Common Mestras like to hang out.

What Char! ! Whoa!---I refuse to believe that you were not a professional photographer in a previous exisitence. I love the BFs of coursse.... but shot of the grass giving off its seeds looks like something out of National Geographic

flaflwrgrl said:I didn't even pick up on that Betsy had said the butterfly bushes. Need to put my thinking cap on & pay attention.

Photo taken June 11, 2015
Common Buckeye chrysalis on butterfly bush

Nice--- you folks down there are lucky enough to see both the chrysalises and the BFs

nativeplantlover said:What Char! ! Whoa!---I refuse to believe that you were not a professional photographer in a previous exisitence. I love the BFs of coursse.... but shot of the grass giving off its seeds looks like something out of National Geographic

Exactly my thinking all the way around. Char takes such amazing photos!

What! It's October already! Take those beautiful pics and great conversation and move them over here: The thread "October 2016 Butterflies, Moths & Larva" in Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum