Feb 9
Aren't these caterpillars something? They blend in with their host flowers by sticking flower bits all over themselves. I believe they will grow up to be Wavy-lined Emerald moths.
Cochise County, Arizona, June 2025.
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Aren't these caterpillars something? They blend in with their host flowers by sticking flower bits all over themselves. I believe they will grow up to be Wavy-lined Emerald moths.
Cochise County, Arizona, June 2025.
Just like every caterpillar everywhere, each caterpillar that lives on prairie coneflowers (and there are so, so many of them) starts off almost invisibly small.
Cochise County, Arizona, June 2025.