Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 38, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
A. tomentosa is the wooly pipevine and yes it is a native plant that the Pipevine STs find very yummy.

So I was weeding today - no surprise there - a gardener's job is never done. I was also planting a few things I had procrastinated on. I was pulling out these weeds that have horendous taproots. I don't know what they are but they spread like crazy. I thought I had pulled them all a few weeks ago, but those crazy taproots kept them alive. So as I pull one out I see something looking at me from one of my pentas - it was a Tersa Sphinx Moth caterpillar!

I was glad I've seen them here on the forum so I knew what it was. Of course, I brought him inside. I asked Mom to bring me a container so I wouldn't track dirt through the kitchen. When I came back in and showed her the cat she said, "Wow! I was expecting some little thing!" She also remarked how it looked like a snake which of course is how the caterpillar scares predators (and Moms).