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Tue, Aug 14, 12 at 10:52
| More freaky larvae in the garden! This time it's Gulf Fritillary caterpillars on the passionvine. |
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- Posted by butterfly4u 8 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 7, 12 at 19:05
| John, I have an arbor with a passion vine on it and these catipillars were all over it! It was disgusting. i sprayed the vine the best I could with an organic spray pesticide from HD, there aren't as many on it now. THey were even on my house and windows. Ewwwwwwwwwww |
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- Posted by trianglejohn z7b NC (johnbuettner@hotmail.com) on Fri, Sep 7, 12 at 20:17
| Oh, they make one of my favorite butterflies so I let them munch the vine all they want. They only stay this size for about a week and then wander off to pupate and then turn into butterflies. The adults are flitting about my yard now. |
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