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PostPosted: Sat May 15, 2004 8:16 pm 
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I know, it sounds strange....

Let me explain.

I have a few beautiful 5-star jasmine (white) vines, and they are in full bloom right now, with a great aroma throughout my backyard, I simply love them.

Butterflies also love my vines, but tonight, I noticed at least 30 large butterlies "stuck" on the small flowers.

They were really stuck, trying to escape from the flower but they could not. When I tried to scare them, they tried to escape, but could not.

A few thousand ants also noticed, and started to feed on some of the exhausted butteflies :cry:

Is it a known thing about 5-star jasmine vines? Anything I can do to help the poor butterflies?

Thanks!


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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 12:30 pm 
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That's horrifying!

I don't know the answer, but I did post the question on a Butterfly Gardening site & I'll let you know as soon as I get a response.

Meanwhile, can you wash the sticky stuff off the plant?

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I have been in the Ovilla/Red Oak area for over 18 years, am a member of the Ovilla Garden Club, & am famous in the area for tearing out big chunks of lawn & replacing them with flowers. The neighborhood kids call my house the "Jungle Book" house.


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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2004 1:05 pm 
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I just heard from someone who had experience with a mandevilla:

She said that she had had to tear apart some blossoms to free several swallowtails whose tongues had become stuck inside the flower due to the curvature of the flower's "throat".

Best luck!


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