I normally know what species of butterfly the caterpillars are, but I am stumped by this one. It is on a passionvine and looks a little similar to the Gulf Fritillary cat. Does anyone know what it is?
Next to a Gulf Fritillary cat:
By itself:
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Well, I did a little online searching and found what it likely was. I believe it was a molting Gulf Fritillary caterpillar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
First time in all my years of hosting butterflies and caterpillars that I had seen one that color! Pretty cool!
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Wow, Becky, how interesting, I've never seen that before and I get Gulf Frit cats most every year. That is really cool, thanks for posting the video, I'll pay more attention to them now.
