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Cloudless Sulphur - Hodges#4228 (Phoebis sennae)
Photo#8035
Copyright © 2004
Stacey
yellow_caterpillar -
Phoebis sennae
Shepherd, Texas, USA
October 16, 2004
length: 1.5 inches
time of day: afternoon
weather: overcast, humid, around 80-85°F
the caterpillar was eating the blossoms...it was binding random parts of flowers together with silk, but not appearing to be making a cocoon or chrysalis
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Contributed by
Stacey
on 18 October, 2004 - 12:18am
Last updated 15 January, 2012 - 4:19pm
I believe this is Cloudless Sulphur, yellow form
which occurs when it feeds on blossoms, not leaves, of Senna species. See
Georgia Lepidoptera
site.
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 18 October, 2004 - 6:38am
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