I've taken shots of this guy (these guys) before when one was resting on a lampshade inside the Chatette. Many of you commented on its beauty, and I concur. But, there is a HUGE BUT in the midst of these guys who are probably some kind of moth.
Do you see how many there are on these buddleia flowers?
I'd never seen them around here before. When I arrived I saw a few and thought how pretty they were with their delicate wngs etched in gold. When I arrived I also found this:
my boxwoods ALL DEAD!
It's very sad for me because these boxwoods were gorgeous. All of them surround the lower terrace and are going to have to be removed. My jungle tamer showed them to me when I arrived and mentioned "les petites papillons!" Now, I know exactly what he meant! I've got a lot of work for him this fall ..boxwoods, encroaching buddleias, split plum tree, leaning walnut tree, and on and on.
These guys are the talk of around here at the moment. Everyone seems to have them. Everyone seems to be losing these "arbustes!" They are also swarming at night.
You really do begin to feel that they are taking over, to the point where it seems that they are chasing away the other many varieties of butterflies that we have hanging out with us during these summersI'm told to spary the boxwoods with bit of bleach and water. I'm too late for that.
Pretty as is pretty does, until they start killing your shrubs. I've been wondering if the buddleias will be next? As Evelyn said: we have so many and they just keep reproducing, maybe that's not a bad thing. We shall see!
Happy Tuesday!
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