My weird cats published in American Butterflies magazine

Yippee!!! Hoorah!!! The article made it into print!!!

NABA American Butterflies magazine Winter 2005/6
(volume 13 # 4 pages 18-24)


Remember the post last year about all the butterflies I'd photographed on my duranta - and I included a photograph of a weird caterpillar? http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/547447/

Well, the weird looking caterpillars were eventually identified as rare Marius Hairstreak caterpillars and a fellow lepidopterist (Gil Quintanilla) wrote an article about them and sent the awesome photos he took the NABA American Butterflies magazine. (He's the one who raised them as I've never raised a caterpillar.)

Thanks to all the hoopla these buggers caused last year I have since learned how to plant larval hosts and raise caterpillars :o)

The link below provides photos of the 'weird cats' and a link for the adult butterfly that were posted on our local South Texas NABA website.

~ Cat

http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/RioHa.html

This is the first caterpillar I found that started all the hoopla!!!

Wow Cat!!!!! congrats to you

Wow and me too! Karen

Ya know, ya oughta be grinnin' big like a Cheshire cat !! (pun, intended!) .. LOL ..

An excellent idea. An RV Park with a real 'butterfly garden' to boot!!
And IF we were to ever find ourselves THAT far south - we'd look you up!

Super-CONGRATS to ya kiddo!!

- Magpye

WOW, What a hoot!
I bet you danced around the kitchen.....
Good for you.
Andy P

Oh how neat! Those sure are weird looking cats.

Wow - congratulations!! That is so exciting!

Congratulations! They are beautiful! And thanks for the oppertunity to see one!