Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Caterpillars on Four O'Clocks, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
I loaned out my caterpillar identification books so I have no idea what kind of caterpillar this is. There are several on my Four O'Clock plants.

Am thinking a moth as I don't know of any butterfly that uses Four O'Clocks as a larval host.

It's kind of a see-through green and about 1" long. Had a light brown head. They make a nest of the leaves and use silk to hold them together. When I peel back a leaf there is usually one tucked away in there.

I do have lots of skippers that hang around the Four O'Clocks and lots of sulphurs like to roost amongst them.

I've left the cats on the plants...but might try to go out and find them again and raise them.

Any ideas? Am not really interested in raising something that will turn out to be a common moth :o)

~ Cat