Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Silver Spotted Skipper Pupa (and other stages), 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Deb,

One of my White-striped Longtail skipper cats pupated. At first it was curled up in a leaf but the next day I found it had crawled to the bottom of the reptarium and pupated in...you guessed it...the leaf litter!!!

I hadn't removed the fallen leaves of the snout bean vines as I didn't know if there were eggs or cats on them. Good thing!!!

Here's a photo of the bugger. It's got a waxy film or dusting of white powdery wax like stuff on it. Have seen other skipper species with similar appearances.

I do hope this one makes it adulthood. Our weather had been dreadfully humid and terribly hot...am not sure all the changes in temperature are good for these little guys.

~ Cat