Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Good or bad???, 0 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Not sure what it is. Looks like a left over refugium (leaf nest)??? Elsewise perhaps a moth cocoon??? Looks too short and stubby to be a skipper nest. Am leaning towards some type of moth.

Brazilian Skippers use canna leaves as a larval host..if you have those the canna leaves will be noticeably chewed!!! You'll see lots of leaves with a section cut and folded over...peak inside and you probably find a long whitish green caterpillar. They are pretty much see-through...ugly as heck!!!

The Brazilian Skipper is a decent sized butterfly for a skipper...slight greenish sheen to it.

~ Cat

This message was edited May 31, 2007 10:16 PM