Calais pics =D and quick question

[justjumpit621]

Here is Calais after a good butterfly and a quick question, is it okay to give him butterflies regularly caught in my yard? Except for monarchs of course they are toxic. I get those little orange and brown spotted ones all over, and they are quite easy to catch with my new butterfly net! (which more resembles the jellyfishing nets in spongebob )

 

[justjumpit621]

Pretty sure this is the one http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Vanessa-virginiensis

 

[maxttu]

Wild caught every now and then, in very limited quantities is ok. Unless you're quite certain of exposure to pesticides and such. I gave Chazam a dragonfly a couple of weeks ago that I caught. I kid you not, it seemed to have put his a$$ in gear! He is an eating machine since that meal!!

 

[justjumpit621]

I don't use any pesticides, I use diatomacious earth around the outer part of my yard but i haven't put it back down since it rained. It wouldn't harm him anyway. I have chickens too for pest control and fertilizer I have so many wild flowers and dandelions, plus flowers I have planted myself, that the butterflies are all over the place, as well as the grasshoppers!

 

[maxttu]

I don't use any pesticides, I use diatomacious earth around the outer part of my yard but i haven't put it back down since it rained. It wouldn't harm him anyway. I have chickens too for pest control and fertilizer I have so many wild flowers and dandelions, plus flowers I have planted myself, that the butterflies are all over the place, as well as the grasshoppers!

Your critters could be coming from elsewhere that could be using harmful products.

 

[justjumpit621]

Your critters could be coming from elsewhere that could be using harmful products.

How about if I catch a whole bunch and put flowering plants on my porch and let them free to reproduce on the screened porch? Like his own butterfly garden? are butterflies a good feeder in general? I give him roaches as well and a few phoenix worms every couple days. The store near me doesn't have much of a variety.

 

[jannb]

Not sure about your butterfly question but Calais certainly is looking handsome. I bet he's enjoying his new free range.

 

[justjumpit621]

Not sure about your butterfly question but Calais certainly is looking handsome. I bet he's enjoying his new free range.

Thanks Jann I've been fattening him up. He does like it, but today got pretty cloudy all of a sudden so I had to put a heat lamp out there so he can bask.