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Published: 2016-07-29 17:51:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 335; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 0
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwM2lm…I took this video yesterday as five marvelous swallowtail butterflies swarmed my lantana (berry blend) flowers.
I realize it's not the brightest or best quality, but it's still magnificent to me.
I used to have a big butterfly bush in my backyard, but a couple years ago a mole dug under the roots and killed it.
I was devastated, because that plant used to attract one or two butterflies a day.
But this year mom and i got a LOT of lantana and planted them, and as the weeks have gone on i get more and more butterflies every day.
I've been struggling with hip pain, leg pain, and as you all know, depression and yesterday these butterflies made it all worth it.
I would not have changed a thing about yesterday, and this morning i already have another tiger swallowtail feeding.
Yesterday i was just glowing happiness, i even went outside and stood still while they flew and flirted around me :")
If you watch the video (which is only 15 seconds long), the description provides information about these butterflies, how to attract them, and how to care for the flowers they like.
I'm going to post several pictures of these today
You can't see in this picture but there was another swallowtail feeding off to the right on another plant.
It's just impossible for me to explain how happy these guys have made me!
Among other things i've wanted to do, visit a butterfly garden was always one of them.
Now i have one of my own, like a personal piece of paradise.
Enjoy
I know i have been.
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Comments: 17
WOOWW!! 
I am...a big butterfly fan, and also a big caterpillar fan, and Tiger Swallowtails are my favorite
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WOOOOOF that's how i was just about, at first i just stood out there making weird noises and trying not to explode!!!!
If you check out the vid the description will tell you about the flowers they're eating on
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Mhmmm 9u9 butterflies are such cinnamon rolls
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What beautiful little ones~ Swallowtails have got to be one of my favourite type of butterfly /u\ It's so awesome that you're able to see them so often :3
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Thank you!
They're my favorites too, and normally i just scarcely get to see them woosh by but they would never stay.
Now i know what they like, and to have so many -- even just one, is amazing.
Thank you for sharing your joy with me here :")
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It sounds amazing /u\ Happy to :3
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You're welcome!
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It was probably a root vole, not a mole. Moles eat insects and worms but root voles eat the roots and bulbs of plants.
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Ahh i see, that would actually explain a lot.
And i have seen voles surface in my yard before.
Thank you for the tip!
Too bad i don't have a bunch of snakes to slither around and eat the little beasts
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It does, you can kind of stop them by making an underground fence of sorts to protect the roots inside so the vole can't eat all of them an the tree, bush or flower can survive.
But not having snakes really is kinda sad.
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Yeah, i just live in a particular little spot that's too clear for snakes to feel safe.
But maybe it's for the best, because my mom literally hates them, which pisses me off.
She's killed a vole and a mole in my yard and i KNOW she would kill a snake if she saw it...
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Why would anyone ever kill a mole? A vole I can sorta understand as they are pretty awful if you have any plants they like, but a MOLE? They don't harm anything, they just make little hills and they only make a few of them, they stop once their tunnel system is done and they are absolutely adorable!
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Aren't they?
I was thrilled to see them all together yesterday, thank you!
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