Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: First time for the sulphers, 1 by catbird8

catbird8 wrote:
Terrieurban - I hate to throw a wet blanket over the above,
but your cats don't look anything like what I have raised, either for large sulphurs or Orange-barred sulphurs. And, the shrub does not look like what I have for a cassia/senna bush / tree.

The eggs of both of the above are placed on or near the flower buds, as they eat the flowers.

The National Audubon Society field guide to N.A. Butterflies, picture 32 in the front of the book shows a Cloudless Giant Sulphur larva. A Field Guide to Butterflies of Texas shows the chrysalises on plates 11 and 12. Kaufman's Butterflies of N.A. shows the Cloudless larva on page 75. Attachment below shows the Orange-barred larva. Note, all are bright yellow with dark bands at regular intervals. I selected this particular picture to show both the cassia / senna leaves and to show the larva.

Rod