Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily pictures #100!, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Yeahhh...lima bean caterpillars!!! Not sure what butterfly this will be - but am hoping it will be one of the longtail skippers.

I'd planted the lima bean seeds a couple of weeks ago and they are barely 2-3 inches tall. Butterfly found them quickly!

Since I work days I rarely get to see butterflies laying eggs unless I'm out in the yard on a weekend. Also found a bunch of Black Swallowtail cats on my rue plants. Some 3rd instars and gobs of 2nd instars. There was also a dratted spider with one of the 3rd instar cats in its clutches. I killed the spider...but the caterpillar was past saving.

~ Cat