Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily pictures #99, 0 by vitrsna

vitrsna wrote:
Lovely moth Dale, very sparkling...maybe dressed up for Mardi Gras?

Here is one of my favorite photos of the Polydamas caterpillars. They come out of egg cases and so are very sociable. Until they get ready to pupate, they will molt, eat, sleep in little groups. During peak season, the Polydamas butterflies will lay eggs about once a week, so there are various ages of caterpillars on the vines at the same time. Here is a younger one with an older, ready to pupate one. It looks to me like the younger is asking "grandpa" what he is up to.