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I went out to water my plants and noticed that what had been a nice leafy cory's pipevine plant was now looking rather ragged. At first, I was upset. Then I noticed the reason the plant was looking ragged --pipevine swallowtail larvae.
I knew pipevine was a host plant for these pretty #butterflies, but I'd never seen any larvae on it. Well, now there are a lot of larvae. Hopefully, that will lead to a lot of butterflies.
How many larvae do you see?
I think I found 9… I hope you get to see them in their final form! … although I think they’re pretty interesting to look at just as they are. 🤷♂️
I got some video of this fat guy chowing down on a pipevine leaf.
With the number of caterpillars on the plant, no wonder it went from bushy to ragged almost overnight.
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