"Puddling spot"

Harriett Wright harriett at ix.netcom.com
Thu Feb 19 21:39:02 EST 1998


Thanks for your reply. I think this will be a test of how serious I am
about accomodating butterflies in my garden!

Harriett

jpeat at vianet.on.ca wrote:
>
> Harriett, back in the late 60's , early 70's my family and I used to vacation
> in the Rideau Lakes area of Ontario and the privy was some ways from the
> cottage, so my Dad and I used to pee around the back corner of the cottage.
> It was fairly shady there and after a day or two of this dozens of
> Swallow-tail Butterflies would congregate on the plants we had peed on. My
> Dad liked his beer and I drank alot of orange soda, so I think the urine
> would have been sweet ( at least to butterflies. ) You could try saving your
> urine and pouring it on the same spot every once in a while. Alternatly you
> could try pouring beer or soda on one spot. I would renew it after a rain. I
> don't recall ever seeing the butterflies on the ground, just on the plants we
> had urinated on, but I could be mistaken about that. The plants were poison
> ivy and as the years went along we killed that patch. Hope this is of some
> help.
>
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