Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 35, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Forgot to share my picture of the day. Yesterday, Dad and I were talking over by the plumbagos and I leaned forward to look at one of the blooms. Sure enough, I found a Cassius Blue caterpillar! They are extremely small, as you would imagine for a small butterfly. Someone in the previous thread mentioned seeing one of the blues; yes, they are that small! They also fly around like maniacs. I always have some flying around my plumbagos as that is their host plant. In the photo, the cat is that green thing in the middle that's sticking it's butt out of the flower. Why was it head first in the flower - I don't know. Cats are crazy. But one good thing I noticed was that because the flower is shriveled up, it kept a bee from sticking it's face in there. I watched the bee hit two other flowers on that cluster, but the little cat was safe.

Melanie