[TN-Butterflies] Re: Yucca Giant-Skipper caterpillar?
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:54:20 -0700 (PDT)
Here's what they look like. From what I've heard, you aren't likely to find one
crawling around on the leaves.
http://www.georgiabutterflies.com/id100.html
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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>From: David Spicer <birdsnbflys@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 7:18 PM
>Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Yucca Giant-Skipper caterpillar?
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>Does anyone know what a young Yucca Gian-Skipper caterpillar looks like? The
>only picture I could find was an older one in it's tube.
>
>Scott and I went over to Enterprise South Nature Park this afternoon and there
>were a number of these on several of the Yucca plants. Given how long it
>appears the Giant-Skippers have been out, the number of eggs still on the
>plants and that the adult females are still laying I suspect these are
>something else but one can always hope.
>
>Thanks,
>Dave
>
>
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