Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Mystery small butterfly posing on Cilantro, 1 by LouisianaMark

LouisianaMark wrote:
Hi Art,

You mentioned the Polka Dot Wasp Moth. We don't have those in Louisiana, but we do have one of their close relatives, the Scarlet Bodied Wasp moth. These are also very slow flyers, and quite impressive in person. They have an almost completely red body, with neon blue dots on their rear ends! I got a good pic of one last summer (see below). I think these are also found in Florida. The host plant is a weed called Climbing Hemp weed (not related to marijuana), which grows wild in my area in roadside drainage canals.

Mark