Photo by Melody

Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: long tailed skipper, 1 by Flicker

Communities > Forums

Image Copyright Flicker

Subject: long tailed skipper

Forum: Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening

<<< Previous photo Back to post
Photo of long tailed skipper
Flicker wrote:
This is a picture of the leaves of passiflora amythistina Minas Gerais. It is the first time that I grow any amystina. In the past I have had long tailed skippers host on the leaves if clitoria tenuta vines. This is the first time that I have seen any butterfly outside of the fritillary group use passiflora leaves as host plants in my yard here in southeast Louisiana.
Long tailed skipper is actually as assumption on my part. Are there any others that cut the leaves like this to shade their caterpillars?