Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native Plants & Wildflowers, part 12., 1 by frostweed

frostweed wrote:
I have something rather unusual to report. I had a purple datura potted and sitting on the patio table, but something was eating it, the leaves kept dissapearing and there were large droppings on the top of the soil, but no worm was visible anywhere.
It was finally eaten down to the central stem, and then we saw this guy; It was sitting there a long time while appearing to eat.
Do you suppose he was the one who ate it? He sat there for the longest time.
Also I had never seen a bright red one like that. He was beautiful.
What do you guys think, did he? or didn't he.