Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Here is my larvae du jour..., 1 by DATURA12

DATURA12 wrote:
These plants are in partial shade and yes some of the leaves look bad. I have 3 others in full sun and no problems with the leaves in 2 years since it was planted.
Yes, they are voracious eaters, its funny when I first saw them on this plant they looked like little soldiers lined up at only a quarter inch long.....within a few days they were big and few days later they were huge. I also noticed that time from forming a chrysalis to eclosion is really fast also. I think it was about a week and a half The poor thing was trying to hang on the branch of the tree in 30-40 miles of wind. I felt so bad that I cut the limb off and placed the branch in a calm area, at that point is when I caught it forming the chorion, I have some great pics of the transformation. . Pic of a larvae trying to morph into chrysalis. I am in Saginaw, Tx.