tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post2775193896293324178..comments2024-03-17T20:56:22.962-04:00Comments on Hoe and Shovel: nerdy butterfly stuffMeemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-85220199338126960502007-10-30T16:12:00.000-04:002007-10-30T16:12:00.000-04:00Your garden looks beautiful! If you really enjoyed...Your garden looks beautiful! If you really enjoyed your long-tailed skipper, when you pull those weeds, save the desmodium and plant it in a back corner where it's out of sight and the burrs won't stick to you, but the butterflies can get to it. Long-tailed skippers lay eggs on it. I have photos of it on my host plant pages on my butterfly site if you want to know what it looks like so you can sososleepyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307760081544779103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-57338317060588375212007-08-09T22:06:00.000-04:002007-08-09T22:06:00.000-04:00mlm: YOU are too funny. yes, i am up for balderdas...mlm: YOU are too funny. yes, i am up for balderdash anytime you are.<BR/><BR/>sg: i don't know the answer to your question but here is a link i found with a very long explanation as to the origin of the word butterfly- it also has a list of how other languages say the word.<BR/><BR/>http://www.aworldforbutterflies.com/etymology.htmMeemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-40306542146059191832007-08-09T22:01:00.000-04:002007-08-09T22:01:00.000-04:00SG:That's easy. Because they are attracted to the ...SG:<BR/><BR/>That's easy. Because they are attracted to the ingredients in butter and back in the old days, women placed their baked pies outside to cool and had to constantly shoo the flies away. But these creatures didn't swarm the pies, only the fresh butter as it was churned. Hence the term, "butterflies."<BR/><BR/>Anyone wanna play a game of Balderdash?MLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12466105409508105428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-55535069233192294552007-08-09T12:34:00.000-04:002007-08-09T12:34:00.000-04:00Yes, I have saved the magazine to share with you. ...Yes, I have saved the magazine to share with you. One more question - does anyone know why these creatures are called 'butter fly'? Just curious!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-52566335133173315012007-08-09T10:19:00.000-04:002007-08-09T10:19:00.000-04:00sg: thanks for all the resourceful information. fl...sg: thanks for all the resourceful information. <BR/><BR/>florida only declared the zebra longwing the state butterfly in 1996... i wonder if there even was one before that? <BR/><BR/>can you save the mag you referred to for me?Meemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-44677755883616131772007-08-09T01:24:00.000-04:002007-08-09T01:24:00.000-04:00Another butterfly post! In last Sunday's Tampa Tr...Another butterfly post! In last Sunday's Tampa Tribune was a magazine they publish monthly called Flair. It had a two page article on butterflies, which the author called "Flying Flowers". He explained a little of how to create a butterfly garden, using native plants to attract the species most common in Florida. Did you know we have a Florida state butterfly? It is the zebra longwings Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-62980817043886251052007-08-07T23:09:00.000-04:002007-08-07T23:09:00.000-04:00mlm: i'm thinking poopy is your new favorite word?...mlm: i'm thinking poopy is your new favorite word??? :-) just so happens butterflies like it too... and gee thanks for the tag. <BR/><BR/>sg: i guess we could say butterflies are very versatile.:-) too bad you can't find the newspaper article that would have been fun to see.<BR/>actually my b'day is a little too far away- i'm working toward anniversary-- next month.<BR/><BR/>sophie: me too. i Meemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-70324370393630224192007-08-07T17:46:00.000-04:002007-08-07T17:46:00.000-04:00I just LOVE your beach photos! I do the same thing...I just LOVE your beach photos! I do the same thing every time I get near the Gulf. And I could just sit and listen to the waves lapping at the shore for hours on end.<BR/><BR/>You got some nice butterfly shots, as well. We don't see the giants as often as our other visitors. As I recall, they like citrus.<BR/><BR/>Have a <B><I>JESUS</I></B>-filled day! ^i^SophieMaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396958301555933308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-40897466714707522952007-08-07T12:18:00.000-04:002007-08-07T12:18:00.000-04:00I just thought of an article that was carried in t...I just thought of an article that was carried in the Tampa Tribune years ago. Someone who studied butterflies had compiled a picture series of all the letters of the alphabet carried in the patterns of different species. It was quite easy to see the letters and they were unretouched photos. I saved the article for years, but don't know what I did with it now. Just some more trivia on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-28730267861954219182007-08-07T12:08:00.000-04:002007-08-07T12:08:00.000-04:00I learned two things today - that butterflies "fro...I learned two things today - that butterflies "frolick" and that they eat "unedibles"! So to have a variety of butterflies in your yard, all you need is a good mulch pit (with rotting fruit & vegetable peelings), and some fresh manure fertilizer dumped in your flower beds. And all this time I thought it was about the kind of flowers you planted. You could also add some of your own blood, sweatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-73479889006770279222007-08-07T08:46:00.000-04:002007-08-07T08:46:00.000-04:00PS: Poopy camera aside, those are some great shots...PS: Poopy camera aside, those are some great shots of the butterfly eating roadkill.MLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12466105409508105428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-9401153939996420542007-08-07T07:33:00.000-04:002007-08-07T07:33:00.000-04:00You've been TAGGED! (Sorry.) See my blog for detai...You've been TAGGED! (Sorry.) See my blog for details.MLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12466105409508105428noreply@blogger.com