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hornworm under blacklight I learned from another Master Gardener Volunteer that tomato and tobacco hornworms actually glow in the dark under blacklight. Armed with this knowledge and a cheap blacklight from Amazon, I took a little trip out to the veggie garden this evening for a most gruesome task… dispatching the hornworms munching […] monarch butterfly I have a native plant dilemma… Saturday I attended the the Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener Association “Garden in the Valley” Symposium. The final speaker of the day, Janet Davis, is the co-owner of Hill House Farm and Nursery, here in Virginia. Janet did what any good speaker should do…she made […] I found three small swallowtail butterfly caterpillars munching away in the bronze fennel. If you find the ferny/fuzzy herb growing in your yard, let it grow! It’s a wonderful host plant and will ensure some lovely visitors to your yard this summer. swallowtail butterfly caterpillar on bronze fennel swallowtail butterfly caterpillar […] Found this pretty little guy hanging out in the weeds yesterday. I’m always excited to find a new-to-me butterfly because our first year was so full of them! I’ve mostly seen cabbage whites this year (also below). Click on either picture to enlarge it. little wood satyr butterfly cabbage white butterfly […] american copper butterfly I’ve added a photo of an American copper butterfly to the Shenandoah Butterflies page. It stopped briefly on the Queen Anne’s Lace. *** This site is comprised solely of the opinions of its author, Stacey Morgan Smith. She works to promote gardening and tourism in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, from Roanoke to the Potomac River.*** |
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