Yes, it certainly is addictive! You should see me running through the yard with camera in hand when I spot a butterfly! I noticed that the little Senna plant is devoid of caterpillars now, and there were too many to count. There are still many many eggs. Not sure, but believe that some of the eggs may belong to the Cloudless Sulphur. We have had a mating pair here. Do you suppose that the birds got all the cats? I did bring some of the cats into a container for raising. Can't wait to see what they turn out to be. :O)

Most young caterpillars disappear before they get very old. They fall victim to all sorts of things: weather, other insects, birds, frogs, lizards, rodents, and so on. Sometimes a particular place and season favor them, and most do survive, but it is the exception and not the rule. Odds are that a few survive somewhere on your plant, but if it's a small plant, one animal can clean it off in a few minutes. It's a dangerous world out there, and odds are definitely against survival. Of course if they all did survive, we'd be knee deep in Sulphurs in a matter of weeks. Also, they grow fast. Some butterfly caterpillars take as little as a week, and most not much over two weeks in warm summer weather. So, sometimes they just grew up and wandered off to pupate when you weren't looking. Some are just really good at hiding.

I appreciate it very much! I am having so much fun gardening for the butterflies, and I want to be correctly able to ID each one that comes along. :o)