caterpillar

MILKWEED TUSSOCK MOTH CATERPILLAR ……….

These caterpillars are so pretty I call them MOP’S since they are so fluffy looking. They live in colonies on the leaves of the Milkweed plants. They are the only other moth and butterfly that eat the leaves of milkweed the other one is the Monarch butterfly. The adult moth is quite small and not… More »


HUNGRY CATERPILLARS :D

I had so many Black Swallowtail caterpillars on my fennel plants I had to take most of them inside to raise. I have 20 now in the house and most of them are big enough to start the next phase of their lifecycle. It’s time to Pupate which is when they form a chrysalis. That… More »


BATTLING LOOPERS :D

So I brought in some more Black Eyed Susans and found some more Loopers or Spanworms on them. This is a very hard species to track down to find out exactly what type of moth it will become since there are thousands to look though. I actually have 3 on this flower but one was… More »



OH HI THERE !!!!!

I’ve had this flower in a vase in my house for over a week and could not figure out why the middle of the flower was making a mess on my windowsill !!! Well that is until I found this little Looper on there. I didn’t see him but what I was seeing on the… More »


BLACK SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY UPDATE………

You might remember I told you about the Black Swallowtail caterpillars being able to change their chrysalis color that most resembles where it decides to pupate [it’s resting state] before it emerges as the adult butterfly. This caterpillar decided to go onto a stick I provided for it so now it looks like part of… More »


THE FIRST CHRYSALIS OF THE SEVEN CATERPILLARS ……….

My first Black Swallowtail caterpillar is in it’s resting state [Pupa] now so now it begins it’s journy to become a beautiful Butterfly !!! Three more of the caterpillars are finished eating and now getting into thier position to pupate and will eventually look like this also. They may become green like this one or… More »



BLACK SWALLOWTAIL CATERPILLAR UPDATE……….

I was cleaning these guys out today and decided it would show you the size between the younger caterpillar and the bigger ones that are getting close to pupating. Pupating is when the caterpillar has finished eating and is now the size to go into it’s next state that will result in the adult butterfly… More »


CATERPILLAR TIME………BLACK SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY

So I found two caterpillars a week ago on my parsley and another on my dill and finally I found 2 more on my fennel. This is one that’s on my fennel. I’m so happy to be raising 5 caterpillars even if it’s a lot of work. I do have one chrysalis from last fall… More »


BLACK SWALLOWTAIL CATERPILLAR EATING……..

OKAY so this is short and probably quite boring but this is how fast they eat. In this case it’s eating parsley. There is no sound unless you hear the background sounds of my camera or fridge !!!! The caterpillar is now in it’s position to begin pupating [form it’s chrysalis] it should stay in… More »


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