Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Monarch caterpillar ID?, 1 by konkreteblond

konkreteblond wrote:
Now wait just a minute! ;) I'm going to answer part of your question. His cat is on Rue. My BST's chose dill first this year now they are laying all over my Rue. I get it at Redenta's in Arlington.

It's picky about where it wants to live. The 2 plants that I have had the longest, maybe even a year, are in afternoon shade and don't get overwatered. Full sun at 100 degrees + for 40+ days was a little too much on my other one. It's not dead tho so I might move it. (good idea)

As Linda was saying, they "change appearance", but she doesn't just mean color. The first few instars of BST's look totally like a different cat. I am lame at keeping track of stuff but I think it's probably the 3rd instar that they have their "normal" stripes. Then the color can vary but they still look the same.

This is a 2nd instar BST.