Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Caterpillar ID and Plant ID too please, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Okay...as ya'll know I'm temporarily in Brunswick, Georgia. I came across several of these caterpillars and a few chrysalids during one of my walks. Am not familiar with the butterflies of Georgia and even less so, the trees and shrubs here.

This is a photo of the tree/bush in bloom and the next photo is of the caterpillar.

Am thinking some kind of senna or rattlebox tree but as for the caterpillar...it looks like something from the skipper family. Please help me identify them.

~ Cat
(temporarily in Brunswick, GA)

Here's the larval host tree.

This message was edited Jun 25, 2008 6:28 PM