Wildlife: Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program, 1 by terrieurban

terrieurban wrote:
Another wildlife story:

I've recently begun butterfly gardening. At one point I had 15 Gulf Fritillary caterpillars on my passionflower vine. One of the caterpillars came into my screened porch to pupate. I was keeping an eye on her so that I could take the chrysalis outside before she "hatched". While I was at work one day, she emerged and I found her just sitting on the patio. Following a friends instructions I got a piece of paper to slide her on to take outside. She wouldn't get on the paper... instead, walked right up on my hand. I took her outside but every time I tried to get her to get off my hand and onto a plant, she just continued walking on my hand. I think she thought I was her Mom!

Terrie