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Sherry8

Wisconsin...zone 4
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:08 pm   Post subject: Anyone know what this little butterfly is?














This little butterfly was so interesting to watch...he kept going around in circles on the orange cosmo...He came quite often to my gardens.




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Biita

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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:12 pm   Post subject:


I don't have a clue,, but those are awesome pics,, beautiful,, thank you.


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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:18 pm   Post subject:


It's a Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos.

Various species of Aster are the food of the caterpillar. The male butterfly is an active mud-puddler, so you might consider making some for them next spring.

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Sherry8

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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:29 pm   Post subject:


toni....what do you mean mud puddler? Like a watery mud puddle they go into? I have never heard that before.. Thank you for the identification.


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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:45 pm   Post subject:


They like small mud puddles, soggy mud where they can suck up nutrients from the soil. They don't like running water, like a fountain or deep water like a birdbath.

You can take a shallow dish, put some soil from the yard in it, add water and sprinkle a little table salt in it. Place it in a sunny spot, maybe put some rocks around it where they can sunbathe after getting a drink.

I have also put some of those bright colored nylon dish scrubbers in a shallow dish of water so they can perch on them without getting in the water.

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glendann

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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:10 pm   Post subject:


Wonderful pictures and beautiful butterflys.


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petunia

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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:24 pm   Post subject:


such a pretty butterfly on your cosmos.


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bethie

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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:00 pm   Post subject:


Lovely. We have hundreds ot those little cuties here. I use a coarse sand for puddling. Very Happy


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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:11 pm   Post subject:


Oh, my, what lovely colours for my weary eyes. And such a nice butterfly too. Table salt, mud, water - I've got all that, and a dish to put it in. I'll just have to remember doing it come spring.


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