Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 53, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Linda and Deb...thanks too!!! I emailed Brock and he said it was a Julia caterpillar...that confirms it! YIPPEE!!! WOOHOO!!! JULIA LONGWINGS!!!

I put the two caterpillars into a cat cage. Too many spiders and predatory bugs around looking for an easy meal!

Also found a teeny Zebra Longwing caterpillar and put that into the cat cage too :o)

There are still gobs of eggs on the passion vines...but no telling if they are Gulf Frits, Zebras or Julias. Will wait until they hatch and well, if they are anything but GFs, I'll put them into cages. Sorry...Gulf Frits are just too abundant out here - I let them fend for themselves :o)

Here's another photo...just for reassurance :o)

~ Cat

ps...am also going on a caterpillar search mission next weekend. Brock said I should try to find out what native plants the Red-crescent Scrub-hairstreaks (Strymon rufofusca) are using at the ranch and to look for caterpillars.



This message was edited Nov 9, 2008 5:35 PM