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| The four pictures shows how an orange dog caterpillar wards of its enemies. The two forked-snake-tounge that is extended when under threat is called osmeterium which expels a very FOUL smell to deter its enemies. Believe me when I say FOUL! The osmeterium retreats back into the caterpillar's head when it no longer feels threatened. |
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| This butterfly was in the midst of laying eggs on my lemon tree. You can see the tiny egg that was deposited on the leaf in the picture below. |
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| The familiar Periwinkle eater! |
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| This little one fell out of nowhere as I was watering the plants and landed right next to my feet! Imagine if it had plopped on my head! Eeeeeee..... |
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| Another beautiful golden, brown butterfly |
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| This bug is covered in a transparent circle film! I have never seen this bug before! |
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| Mating cucumber bugs doing the gravity-defying-dance! |
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| The red dragonfly |
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| What a beautiful flower! I think it mutated very beautifully! |
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| The dragonfly which had completed its lifespan. |
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| Both zucchini plants died as the cucumber bugs spread the bacteria wilt to them. :( I have never had luck with cucumbers and zucchinis. |
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| The cherry tomatoes are doing extremely well! |
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| Pak Choy in pots! |
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| Pumpkin seedlings |
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| Radish! |
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| The corn plants and okras. |
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| Red Periwinkle grown from seeds! |
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| Periwinkles! |
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| Sunflower seedlings |
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| The Yellow-Banded Wasp Moths Mating! |
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| The lemon tree is growing again after being ill for awhile. It was dropping leaves and growth was stunted. |
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| This caterpillar was attacking the lemon tree! It ate and ate and ate the leaves and strung webs around the leaves. A pest!!! |
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| The beautiful Allamanda! |
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| 6 pots of compost! 2 of which are done!!! YAY! |
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| It smells earthy, which means it is a success! If it smells otherwise, then that means the composting failed! |
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| Successful compost makes me a very happy gardener! |
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| I was very happy to see the Garden Soldier Fly as they lay eggs in compost or rotting food. The eggs will hatch into grubs, that eat the rotting food! Composting will speed up! *YAY!* |
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| Kai-Lan! |
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| Zucchinis! |
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| Zucchini flower! |
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| Allamanda fruit (It contains winged seeds) |
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| Another smaller fruit! |
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| The Ixora is finally flowering again! |
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| A new pot of cherry tomatoes! I planted garlic chives in the same pot to deter pests! It seems to be working at the moment. |
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| Okra bumper harvest! That makes this gardener VERY happy! Though I can't eat them, my family can. So that makes me happy! |
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| A 2-day harvest! |
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| I'm Popeye the Sailorman! |
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| Siu Pak Choy! |
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| Kangkung & Siu Pak Choy! |
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| Pale Brown Hawk Moth! |
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| Orange Dog Caterpillar! |
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| The red dragonfly! |
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| The big black ants which come by everyday to drink nectar from unopened Periwinkle flower buds. |
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| I bought a few of these to brighten up the garden! |
