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Butterfly Garden
jibd

Wild Indigo Duskywings!

jibd
12 years ago

Hi everybody,

I was walking through the yard today and decided to check the Baptisia australis plants in the front bed, and I noticed some leaf damage and folded over leaves, and sure enough, there are four or five little green caterpillars with black heads in there! I'll post pictures once the weather improves; it's too rainy and overcast today.

But does anyone have experience with raising these cats? If anybody could tell me how the hosts did in water, anything special I should do, I'd really appreciate it.

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