lauriemorningglory said:Thanks for the extra acorns, Cal, Margie and Elizabeth! And everyone for the likes. I did get to see one emerge. There was a little "crack!" and within a few seconds the butterfly split out of the chrysalis. It was fast! (stayed up all night to see it happen )

Yeah, it's amazing how fast they do it, coming & going.
I set up a little camera connected to my network with a light on a tripod running 24/7
in order to catch them in the act. They're very cagey.

PS- I'm going to look for 2 paw paws (for best fruit production) for the butterflies.
I remember hearing about pawpaw bush, but didn't know it had
such good fruit....a type of papaya(?) Should do well here.

Found good info about it:
https://gardenerspath.com/plan...
https://morningchores.com/grow...