Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: A Pipevine Swallowtail at Last !!!, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Drove out to the ranch today. Saw plenty of Pipevines flying around and tried to follow the ones I saw flitting close to the ground - was able to find some a. erecta but no signs of eggs. Did find a gathering of early instars up on a couple of dried grass stalks. No signs of a. erecta near them so I plucked the grass stalks and moved the caterpillars over to one of the a. erecta plants I'd staked out.

Must say - they are sure easy to spot being that bright orange color :o) Gotta admit - they are sure cute!

So much easier than trying to look for hairstreak or blues caterpillars that always blend in with the leaves or flower buds they are on :o)

~ Cat