Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillar, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Found this caterpillar at the ranch too. There is also an egg on the stem. I left them there as I don't have any of this native pipevine aka swan flower growing here. I have dutchman's pipe vines growing at my house but the butterflies don't use it. I plan to drive back out to the ranch this weekend and look for these plants and transplant them into pots to grow at my house. Am thinking I've got my work cut out for me as these plants are only a few inches tall and very hard to find...and to think I'll be walking around a hundred or so acres looking for them in the wild native brushland!

~ Cat