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PiggyPoo Tucson, AZ(Zone 9a) Aug 03, 2008

Here is another, what I think/thought is a caterpillar..again, on the same globe mallow plant.

Any ideas?

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 03, 2008

It sort of looks like a Hairstreak cat, but not sure.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 03, 2008

It sure seems to be a hairstreak caterpillar, and there is a species known as the mallow scrub-hairstreak (Strymon columella istapa) that occurs in Arizona. See http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/figs/Butterflies/Lycaenidae/Theclinae/S_columella.jpg for images of the adult.

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PiggyPoo Tucson, AZ(Zone 9a) Aug 04, 2008

Very cool, thank you! I don't think I've ever seen one of those butterflies in my yard.

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ZZsBabiez Lodi, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 26, 2008

That's wild! I found one of those today on my Okra plant!!! Identical to that one anyway.. it crawled like a bug, rather than a caterpillar.. Not very big either.. I thought it was cute. LOL

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