Sharon, I felt so bad to have to tell people that Killer didn't make it. :(:(:(
But in some kind of natural balance, the butterfly population in this little yard has been just marvelous this late summer. Most of my butterfly photos are posted in our Garden Chat and Photos thread here in MAG.
I have seen and learned to identify many new-to-me butterflies, and other bugs! Have seen more BSTs, some Tigers, several Monarchs, some Pearl Crescents, two kind of Fritillaries (Great Spangled and Variegated), a Silver Checkerspot, many Common Buckeyes, a Red Admiral or two.... and most recently a Queen, the one that is colored similarly to a Monarch, and a Queen Alexandra Sulphur! As well as many many Skippers and Cabbage Whites.
But I'm not going to try to host caterpillars inside again, until and unless I have a better setup to do so. Finding Killer gone was quite a blow! I like to think Killer's spirit went out and helped bring all the rest of the butterflies to the garden here.
Could be!
