Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 51, 0 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Ok, I went to pick more caterpillar food and while I was out I had to scour the bay trees. I found this caterpillar and I'm trying to decide whether he's a Spicebush or Palamedes. Right now, I'm leaning toward Spicebush because: I found him rolled up in a leaf nest. I've heard Palamedes aren't leaf rollers. He has brown on his rear and I read that early instars of Spicebush cats have brown but Palamedes don't. However, he was on a Redbay tree. I won't swear it wasn't a Swamp Bay, though.

I didn't take my camera of course because I was "just going to pick food and it's almost sunset anyway". So naturally, I saw a Carolina Satyr, three turkeys walking down the road, and two clusters of strange orange caterpillars on a bay tree (I'll get my book out and try to ID them). I also saw a dead cat on a camphor tree. It was probably a Spicebush.

Notice in the photo I got a bonus egg. At first I thought it was the egg he hatched from, but it doesn't look hatched. I'll keep you posted!

Melanie (who is rooting for the Rays!)

Edited to say I found two more Zebra ST cats while I was picking pawpaw.

This message was edited Oct 22, 2008 8:19 PM