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Gardening

japple

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6. That's it. Thanks a bunch. One of their food sources is rotting fruit and our fig tree definitely

Reply to Mike__M (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 17, 2017, 08:13 PM

Sep 2017

had some droopy figs. It was a contest between the butterflies, the yellow jackets and the wasps. We are getting figs for the first time in several years. I dried some in a borrowed food dehydrator and put them in the freezer. We will have a figgy pudding at Christmas!

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Can anyone help me identify this butterfly on my fig tree? [View all] japple Sep 2017 OP

Looks like a Karner Blue? n/t TygrBright Sep 2017 #1

Not in my area, unless it is in migration. japple Sep 2017 #2

Dunno, but it's a beauty! nt SunSeeker Sep 2017 #3

Red Spotted Admiral Mike__M Sep 2017 #4

That's it. Thanks a bunch. One of their food sources is rotting fruit and our fig tree definitely japple Sep 2017 #6

Blue Morpho Butterfly hlthe2b Sep 2017 #5

This looks like the same guy/female nocoincidences Sep 2017 #7

Here's a picture of the other one--it had a torn wing and looks a bit faded. japple Sep 2017 #8