Congrats Linda!!! Am so thrilled for you! You've got those awesome Tigers and now some RAs and ALs!!!
I've not noticed any cats on the stinging nettle that grows rampant at the ranch but then again - I've not gotten too close. It literally grows everywhere!!! And dang - it sure smarts something fierce. I'll stick to the pellitory in my yard :o)
It's funny about that cudweed because a few years ago I never saw any cudweed at the ranch - but did find a small patch and was able to raise several American Ladies. Now this year there are gobs and gobs...and did I say gobs of cudweed all over the place. Lots of fresh ALs flying around too. I didn't collect any to raise this year but had some butterflier friends come over and gathered cats. They laughed because I told them to check anything that looked like a leaf nest - but to be careful because they could be opening up a nest filled with a spider. Sure 'nuff said - the first one one guy opened was a spider!!! I'd never seen a guy jump back and yell so loud! It was hilarious!!!
Mom called to say we got three inches of rain at the ranch!!! We needed it!!! Yet now I'm wondering how all the caterpillars are - there were dozens of pipevines on the aristolochia erecta - and that is a ground cover type plant. Guess I'll find out this week when I drive out there for a looksee.
~ Cat
