Re: RE: Ia St Fair NOW Monarch Larvae-Now onto anothercaterpiller all together...

Wow, sounds pretty whatever it is!

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan
Sent: 8/18/2004 11:32:47 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Ia St Fair NOW Monarch Larvae-Now onto anothercaterpiller all together...

> I "caught" a very LARGE caterpillar coming down out of one of the elms in
> the front yard.  I have photos if anyone is interested and would like to
> take a shot at what the related butterfly/moth might be.
> 
> The caterpillar was that soft lime green of a luna moth, with spots on its
> body that were an iridescent blue & yellows.  
> 
> Blessings,
> Bonnie  (SW OH - zone 5)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of Donna
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:33 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Ia St Fair NOW Monarch Larvae
> 
> Have not had the wildlife I usually do here this year. But the weather
> has also been very strange too.
> 
> I believe one of my neighbors is really responsible tho... found a
> number of dead rabbits near my pond this season. Thinking someone has
> put out something to control the population.:( They better hope I never
> figure out who it is.
> 
> Donna
> Chemical free here too!
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Last week I had them all over my Asclepias.  There seemed to be one on
> > every
> > leaf of a number of plants.  I am looking forward to the  babies.  I
> have
> > so
> > many butterflies, dragon flies, bees and humming birds  it's hard to
> pull
> > grass without bumping into them. :-)  I have not used any  poison of
> any
> > kind in
> > the 7+ years I have lived here, and I have no pests --  except for
> those
> > orange
> > aphids that get on the Asclepias every  year.  They don't appear to
> damage
> > the plants, and they don't stay  long.
> > 
> > zem
> > Zone 7
> > West TN
> 
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