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art_n_garden Colorado Springs, CO(Zone 6a) Jul 01, 2004

Sorry I dont have a picture yet-- I find them when I'm not expecting it

The first bug is about half the size of my pinky nail, all white and leaves a bright white cottony residue around the space it's inhabiting the plant. They seem to have some of this cottony stuff on their body but I can also see wings in there maybe. Anyone know this one?

The other one is a caterpillar that is dark orange/red with black spikies all over it. I've seen them really small and really big. Anybody know this one? They're eating my passi's which I'm ok with as long as theres going to be a gorgeous butterfly in the end...:) Thank you for you help!

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Floridian Lutz, FL(Zone 9b) Jul 01, 2004

The caterpillar sounds like a Gulf Fritillary http://davesgarden.com/fp.php?pid=413102
Here's the butterfly http://davesgarden.com/fp.php?pid=40502
and yes they are beautiful!


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art_n_garden Colorado Springs, CO(Zone 6a) Jul 01, 2004

It sure looks right! Thank you thank you.

http://www.sasionline.org/fritillary/fritillary.html

Those are pretty, I think they'll stay. Now I feel bad that I killed 2 this morning in haste. :(

Now on to #1....:)

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poppysue Westbrook, ME(Zone 5a) Jul 01, 2004

Mealy bugs? http://www.biopol.nl/UK/MealyBugs.htm

Your cats sounds like a Gulf Fritillary larvae
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Gulf+Fritillary+caterpillar

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art_n_garden Colorado Springs, CO(Zone 6a) Jul 01, 2004

I looked up mealy bugs before I posted...but I dont think it's them. They are more like a mini cottony moth... less like a mini cottony millipede. lol

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crystalspin Santa Ana, CA(Zone 9b) Jul 01, 2004

Whitefly of some sort.
I have the best website on them posted thanks to an earlier question... lemme see if I can find it.
~'spin!~

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art_n_garden Colorado Springs, CO(Zone 6a) Jul 01, 2004

How big are white flies?

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art_n_garden Colorado Springs, CO(Zone 6a) Jul 20, 2004

Ok I figured this one out from a post on the Brug forum.
http://davesgarden.com/t/444769/

mealy bug predators!

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