Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily pictures #98, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Well, I went back to volunteering at MOSI today. Not too much going on this time of year; I released a couple of Queens, Zebra Longwings, a Brazilian Skipper, and a couple of Long-Tailed Skippers. Didn't find any caterpillars.

But...I came home and watered my orchids and decided to walk over to the senna to see if I could find some sulphur cats. Instead I found - an Io Moth caterpillar! I've never seen one in real life so I was excited, but not so excited that I tried to touch it! It gives fair warning with what my brother says looks like sandspurs all over its body. I like the stripe down the side; what a cool-looking caterpillar!

Melanie