Monarch v. Mantis and 40+ Cats

This male monarch met his demise on a Liatris ligulistylis. Lots of mantis action in the garden this year.





On the other side of things, I have 40 monarch cats in a 10g aquarium, and about 20-30 more soon to join them, for what will likely be a total of around 100 this year--1/2 of last year. We released 7 butterflies today, I think 4 were female (so far this year it's been more males in general, though I'm not keeping copious records--dealing with all the poop keeps me plenty busy).











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Published on August 15, 2011 17:06
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