~Photos! Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars 2010~ - Page 4 - Wildlife Gardeners

Sage · 09-06-2010, 12:34 PM

Now we have totally konfuzd the poor girl!

turttle · 09-06-2010, 08:49 PM

Thanks for the suggestions, girls. I looked up the tobacco budworm/heliothis virescens and according to Wikipedia (not always reliable), they aren't in NC. Given how much tobacco we grow, I'm not sure I believe that! The Misogada is too shiny, I think, and hairless.

I didn't know caterpillars could change color with what they were eating. I'm going to find some much lighter color zinnias and see if pinkster changes to a lighter shade. In any case, I am keeping him for a bit to see what he turns into (or she, I don't want to be sexist here.)

Swamp thing, that is an amazing photo of the red admiral on the birch. Really beautiful.

havalotta · 09-07-2010, 10:17 AM

We have no idea what area you are in.... You probably have not filled in the blanks as far as your location etc. for us to see below your avatar.

Sage · 09-07-2010, 07:35 PM

yes, turttle, let's get with the program here!

Sage · 09-07-2010, 08:13 PM

~Photos! Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars 2010~-525096167_12307e97ab.jpg

One I took a couple yrs ago - it was dangling directly in front of my face while walking through the Toronto Zoo.

havalotta · 09-08-2010, 07:39 AM

Great shot Sage.
Did you use a tripod?

turttle · 09-08-2010, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by havalotta

We have no idea what area you are in.... You probably have not filled in the blanks as far as your location etc. for us to see below your avatar.

Who me? Forget to do something? Never! All right, I fixed it. However, I did introduce myself, call y'all "y'all", and not infrequently refer to NC in posts so you might have had some idea where I lived... Although I always look under everyone else's avatar when it is relevant, so you are right and I should have noticed it wasn't under mine.

I still think it is odd that the number one tobacco producing state in the US doesn't have tobacco hornworms. I am going to put my caterpillar on the bug ID site and let suunto tell me what it is.

turttle · 09-08-2010, 01:36 PM

Meanwhile, on another subject, I think Goldilocks lives in my blue mistflower, since she left her three bears...

havalotta · 09-08-2010, 05:33 PM

Isn't that interesting....As they get larger they also get darker.

bridget1964 · 09-08-2010, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turttle

Meanwhile, on another subject, I think Goldilocks lives in my blue mistflower, since she left her three bears...

Beautiful caterpillars! Io moth caterpillars also change colors as they get larger. What kind of cats are these??

09-06-2010, 12:34 PM	#31
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Now we have totally konfuzd the poor girl! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

09-06-2010, 08:49 PM	#32
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Thanks for the suggestions, girls. I looked up the tobacco budworm/heliothis virescens and according to Wikipedia (not always reliable), they aren't in NC. Given how much tobacco we grow, I'm not sure I believe that! The Misogada is too shiny, I think, and hairless. I didn't know caterpillars could change color with what they were eating. I'm going to find some much lighter color zinnias and see if pinkster changes to a lighter shade. In any case, I am keeping him for a bit to see what he turns into (or she, I don't want to be sexist here.) Swamp thing, that is an amazing photo of the red admiral on the birch. Really beautiful. __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

09-07-2010, 10:17 AM	#33
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	We have no idea what area you are in.... You probably have not filled in the blanks as far as your location etc. for us to see below your avatar. __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

09-07-2010, 07:35 PM	#34
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	yes, turttle, let's get with the program here! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

09-07-2010, 08:13 PM	#35
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	One I took a couple yrs ago - it was dangling directly in front of my face while walking through the Toronto Zoo. __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

09-08-2010, 07:39 AM	#36
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	Great shot Sage. Did you use a tripod? __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

09-08-2010, 01:36 PM	#38
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Meanwhile, on another subject, I think Goldilocks lives in my blue mistflower, since she left her three bears... Attached Thumbnails __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

09-08-2010, 05:33 PM	#39
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	Isn't that interesting....As they get larger they also get darker. __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

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