Aww, thanks for the love, everyone. Meredith, that sounds like an awesome butterfly walk! Send me some of those Silver-Spotted Skippers. I love those little guys. They're super common around WV. I see them all over the place when I visit Grandma. But I'm right on the border of where they live. I have their host plant, False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) and I've had the Skippers on it about three or four times. But my last batch all died. And they all died within about 24 hours which makes me suspect someone sprayed something on the plant. I was super bummed. That plant is also the host for the Southern Dogface (a type of Sulphur) but I've never seen it on the plant. In fact, I think I've only seen the butterfly once. I have a picture from when I first started butterflying of one. I'll have to dig it up and see when that was.
Lin, I'm glad you're learning something. I wanted to be a teacher when I was young, but then in sixth grade I found out how much they made. I'd put a laughy face but that's actually a shame, isn't it? I do have a few teachers in the family, though. I think I'd rather be a librarian. I was contemplating getting my Masters in Library Science right before I got sick. It's like when they asked that guy why he robbed banks and he said it's because "that's where the money is." Libraries are where the books are! And now that we have internet, it's where the knowledge is. And as G.I. Joe taught me when I was little, "Knowing is half the battle!"
By the way, Elaine over in the Florida forum has as many Black ST cats as I do! Go congratulate her:
http://garden.org/thread/view_...
