Caterpillar insect

I finally found Monarch caterpillars on the milkweed yesterday - but just 4. Today I can only find 2. It's been a pitiful season for Monarchs down here. I only saw one female come through a couple of weeks ago and may not see any more. This guy is almost fully grown. He'll turn to chrysalis right here in my yard and a Monarch will emerge by October - and will fly to Mexico to spend the winter. He is the 4th generation that will live 9 months to return to the States in the Spring. My 15…

An early summer Monarch feeding on Butterfly weed a close relative of common milkweed. A September Monarch loading up on Aster nectar to f...

Machaon caterpillar. Photo: Leonardo Ruggieri.

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Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) larva. Caterpillar found on Sassafras near Grand Bend, Ontario, Canada. September 28, 1999. Scanned from original Kodachrome transparency (by Portico Magazine). Photographs, Text and Videos ©Jay Cossey, PhotographsFromNature.com (PFN) All rights reserved. Contact: PhotographsFromNature@gmail.com My second book, "Familiar Butterflies of Indiana and their Natural History" is now available! Please check out my first book, "Southern Ontario Butterflies and…

Caterpillar of Spicebush swallow tail butterfly Papilio troilus, with false eye spots Misssouri USA

Milkweed has shown up in one of my flowerbeds that i use for cut flowers. Two weeks ago, i was pulling out the milkweeds when i spotted 3 on...

Queen (up) and Monach butterfly caterpillar speedpaint study