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LindaTX8 NE Medina Co., TX(Zone 8a) Sep 24, 2008

These are eating a passionflower vine. I was just wondering what it could be.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Sep 24, 2008

Possibly a very young larva of a pipevine swallowtail butterfly? - See http://www.mybutterflyguide.com/2008/04/pipevine-swallowtail.html

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LindaTX8 NE Medina Co., TX(Zone 8a) Sep 25, 2008

Wrong host plant....those use Dutchman's Pipevine. I'm pretty sure it's not a butterfly species.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Sep 25, 2008

You're right, Linda - bad guess on my part. There are several species of butterflies whose caterpillars do feed on passionflowers, but this specimen doesn't resemble any of the ones that I am familiar with.

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