by Wooly <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Oct 13, 2007 at 11:12 AM
Wooly wrote:
More late bloomers - this morning while I was watering what's left of
the tomato plants (RIP) and the citrus I noticed several swallowtail
caterpillars on the grapefruit. I did notice a few days ago that the
new growth at the tips of branches had been chewed, now I know what did
the chewing.
A little research says the caterpillars are "orange dog" or Papillo
cresphontes "cramer". I haven't been able to find a photo of the
butterfly, but here's a link to what the caterpillar's look like:
http://insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/images/cd-43-c-txt/cimg272.html
Looks like bird crap and that's what I thought it was so I was looking
for pterodactyl-class birds circling the house...
