What Happened In Your Garden Today?
Although not today and probably a year or two ago, it’s still funny so I thought that I’d share it.
I was doing some general gardening one day when I noticed the newly planted ‘butterfly bush’ getting eaten by black striped caterpillars. I got rather mad at the caterpillars and picked them off throwing them in the green bin. Job done, I was happy.
A couple of days later I was out there again with the little fairy princess in tow. I spotted the same caterpillars and went to throw it also in the bin when a very cross, bordering on psychotic, note redeeming fairy princess told me that in killing monarch butterflies. Apparently the black striped caterpillars change into monarch butterflies. Me, now severely chastened, returned that caterpillar safely to the bush and kept quiet about the others.
I know know mostly everything about monarch butterflies. Who would have thought that they’re attracted to a bush with a name like ‘butterfly bush’?
Here’s a pic of the ‘good’ caterpillars
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