Butterflys

[Queen Titania]

Lots and lots of Red Admirable butterflys sleep the winter out on all my bedroom walls every year, for the last two weeks or so they have been rousing so every morn I spend time open the windows they are sunning them selves on ---- just now one, out of nowhere, was sitting on my hand, now sitting in the sun on the roof outside my window.
I was trying to imagine how it is for a butterfly in the spring time ---- just a little bit of magic to start the day

 

[Boltlady]

Lots and lots of Red Admirable butterflys sleep the winter out on all my bedroom walls every year, for the last two weeks or so they have been rousing so every morn I spend time open the windows they are sunning them selves on ---- just now one, out of nowhere, was sitting on my hand, now sitting in the sun on the roof outside my window.
I was trying to imagine how it is for a butterfly in the spring time ---- just a little bit of magic to start the day

Sounds absolutely wonderful. How did you convince them to spend the winter in your bedroom? How long do they live? I was under the impression that they have a very short lifespan.

 

[Queen Titania]

Sounds absolutely wonderful. How did you convince them to spend the winter in your bedroom? How long do they live? I was under the impression that they have a very short lifespan.

I wasn't really aware of them, other than occasionally coming across one until my daughter moved in ---- with the hounds I rarely slept upstairs but with them down stairs.
I must read up on them, I know some fly all the way from Africa ---- I was just thinking do they just wake only to lay eggs in the nettles and then die? If so how deeply wonderful. But, BoltLady, I am ashamed to say of butterflys, other than their beauty, I am quite ignorant xxx

 

[Boltlady]

I wasn't really aware of them, other than occasionally coming across one until my daughter moved in ---- with the hounds I rarely slept upstairs but with them down stairs.
I must read up on them, I know some fly all the way from Africa ---- I was just thinking do they just wake only to lay eggs in the nettles and then die? If so how deeply wonderful. But, BoltLady, I am ashamed to say of butterflys, other than their beauty, I am quite ignorant xxx

Me too.

 

[fairsheet]

Butterflies are the flowers of bugdom. My mother called cigarette butts with some life left in them, admirals. Evidently she learned that in the Navy. The rank and file smoked 'em down to nothing. But, the Admiral could afford to stub them out while they were still smoekeable. So...some people were known to rescue those butts.

 

[fairsheet]

Butterflies are the flowers of bugdom. My mother called cigarette butts with some life left in them, admirals. Evidently she learned that in the Navy. The rank and file smoked 'em down to nothing. But, the Admiral could afford to stub them out while they were still smoekeable. So...some people were known to rescue those butts.

I'm not exactly a foodie, but I do enjoy the Food Channel. The consensus of their chefs - of most all styles, seems to be that pig is the best meat.

 

[fairsheet]

On the subject of butterflies, I respectfully offer you this....

http://www.continencecentral.org/Butterfly.html

 

[Addy]

Love the colorful butterflies... they also help with pollination in our agricultual crops/gardens.

butterfly life cycle (metamorphosis) song

 

[Addy]

On the subject of butterflies, I respectfully offer you this....

http://www.continencecentral.org/Butterfly.html

I don't think that is what QT had in mind.....

 

[Addy]

Have you heard of the Monarch butterfly migration? Well, other butterflies migrate too! There are many other species of butterflies that also migrate. For example, the Painted Lady, Common Buckeye, American Lady, Red Admiral, Cloudless Sulphur, Skipper, Sachem, Question Mark, Clouded Skipper, Fiery Skipper and Mourning Cloak are all butterflies that migrate as well.
There are different reasons why butterflies will migrate toward other places. Did you know that all butterflies are cold-blooded creatures? They simply can not handle the colder weather so have to travel somewhere warmer. They also need to stay where their food source is – if it’s winter and there are no flowers, they can not stay there.
http://www.thebutterflysite.com/butterfly-migration.shtml