foraygardengirl said:I saw but one butterfly in my yard all last summer. It isn't for lack of plants they like or because I use chemicals and such (because I don't), but for some reason I don't know.
Same situation here... a few years back we had countless Monarchs, with several generations raised on the milkweed that I let grow in my perennial garden; then last year and this year, almost none. I've only recently seen 2 of them flying about, so maybe they are laying eggs -- I need to go out and check! And I always used to have swallowtail cats on my dill, which I grow a lot of mostly for that purpose, but in the last 2 years... none! I think it has a lot to do with the last two winter/spring weather patterns in the north here. Makes me wonder how the weather is affecting insect life in other places...
