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Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar on LINDERA benzoin

Giant swallowtail caterpillars on DICTAMNUS

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I garden in southern Indiana, and grow many plants to provide food for butterfly larva.  I think that many people forget that without the caterpillars, we will have no butterflies!  Next time you see some 'worm' eating your plant, take time to identify it.  Just may turn out to be a thing of beauty.

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gracepete writes: PlantsnobIN, Years ago I was reading about the sphinx moth and learned that the caterpillar is the "dreaded" tomato horn worm. A few days later, I was at a nearby nursery and saw one chewing away on a fuchsia bush. Thankfully the staff recognized its importance and took it (and the fuchsia) away to be nurtured into adulthood. On summer evenings when I see a sphinx moth skittering around from honeysuckle to phlox, I remember its ominous appearance in its previous life and hope that people won't destroy it just because it's big and ugly and likes to gobble on our precious plantings.

Your Picasa album has some gorgeous photos.

www.gracepete.com Posted: 2:54 pm on December 27th

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