Garden Pests and Diseases: Friend or Foe #6, 1 by Night_Bloom

Night_Bloom wrote:
soulgardenlove - why thank you, but mostly I know this stuff, because bugs and critters is what I do as a job. I also went to college to learn some of it - like the info about molting.


And true, konkreteblonde, the Gulf Fritilary caterpillar spines do look fierce, but they are flexible and soft like you said. The spines do seem to be enough to keep wasps from eating them though, which is good for me, because I want the wasps to eat the bad caterpillars, not my babies.


TamaraFaye - I'm glad you found your katydid, and sorry I wasn't here to steer you in the right direction. Some katydid nymphs do get pinkish - it's for camoflauge. Here's a picture of one I saw in Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Florida. I like katydids, because I like to hear them sing at night.