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Where are the Butterflies? By Joyce Coomer Usually, this time of year, there are several butterflies flitting across the yard at any time of the day. Gizmo of the Golden Eyes has taken it upon herself to rid the yard of such nuisances but that doesn't account for the lack of butterflies elsewhere. Our pasture should be a butterfly smorgasbord. Currently there is butterfly weed galore scattered across the pasture -- some in full bloom, some just starting to bloom. Add in bee balm, black-eyed Susans, sand briars, white, red and yellow clovers, a few lingering daisies, a bright yellow flower in the dandelion family, and Queen Anne's lace just starting to bloom, as well as flowers I haven't bothered to identify, and there should be butterflies everywhere I look. Yesterday afternoon, besides the dozens of annoying flies, the only flying things I saw around any flowers were three bees -- not honeybees either. (I've not seen a honeybee on our place for at least ten years. With the amount of white clover in the front yard alone there should be dozens.) I haven't identified these bees. Come to think of it, I've not seen many moths this summer either. There are plenty of crickets who chirp most of the time, and I have seen a few grasshoppers, but very, very few butterflies. Anyone have any thoughts about the lack of butterflies? There have been no herbicides nor pesticides used in the pasture at all since we bought the place forty years ago -- and I doubt there was any used before we bought it. Herbicide use consists of vinegar poured around the outdoor AC unit to get rid of grass there. I sprayed some flea spray just around the foundation of the house last fall to get rid of ants -- that's it. This story was posted on 2020-06-29 10:42:32
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