Posted on August 19, 2020August 18, 2020 by Susan K. HagenWordless Wednesday, 19 August 2020 Thicket Bean Vine and Gray Hairstreak Caterpillar, 18 August 2020 Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related
Gosh – that is an amazing caterpillar. I have never seen a lavender coloured one. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply
Amazing, right? My butterfly experts, Paulette Haywood Ogard and Sara Bright, identified it for me and noted that the Gray Hairstreak caterpillar can take on the color of its host plant: https://alabama.butterflyatlas.usf.edu/species/details/145/ LikeLiked by 1 person Reply
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Gosh – that is an amazing caterpillar. I have never seen a lavender coloured one.
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Amazing, right? My butterfly experts, Paulette Haywood Ogard and Sara Bright, identified it for me and noted that the Gray Hairstreak caterpillar can take on the color of its host plant: https://alabama.butterflyatlas.usf.edu/species/details/145/
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