I am raising Painted ladies this winter. Through the generosity of a fellow butterfly-lover in Northern Virginia, who wound up with too many of the little beauties, I became the recipient of a few hundred Painted lady chrysalises. They have nearly all emerged in the cage and I am feeding them cantaloupe, orange and apple slices. I now have two hollyhock leaves full of little blue eggs, which should hatch in the next day or two. These are pretty little butterflies, very frisky, and fun to watch.
I hope to be able to display some of them in January when I will be in the Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard Bridal Showcase as an exhibitor.
I will also be representing Social Butterflies as a guest speaker at the end of February at the Capital Home and Garden Show, at the Dulles Expo Center in the Washington, DC area. I should have the third or fourth generation of these Painted ladies ready to display then.
