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Mourning Cloak Butterflies

Mourning Cloak Butterflies

I am real a nerd that at 41,  I still like to play with bugs.   I love butterflies probably the most out of all insects; they are like floating or flying flowers in the garden. A couple of Saturdays ago, like a child, I was outside scooping up caterpillars in the yard, off the tree trunk, on the side of the house, just about everywhere in the backyard.  I secretly brought them inside with a few branches of Chinese Elm…

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Black Soldier Flies [Turns Trash to Treasure in Our Compost]

Black Soldier Flies [Turns Trash to Treasure in Our Compost]

Warm weather has returned to SoCal because I caught a Black Soldier Fly in the house today.  Most people would say that the flies and larvae are gross! However, I was thrilled to catch it, and I promptly gave her to my neighbor who has been hoping to establish them in her own compost without having to buy them.  I also gave her a few scoops of our compost that has had plenty of the larvae present in the past….

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