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TX - Caterpillar - Anaea andria
Copyright © 2012 Colette Micallef

TX - Caterpillar - Anaea andria
Montgomery County, Texas, USA
June 22, 2012

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Contributed by Colette Micallef on 16 July, 2012 - 11:04am
Last updated 21 July, 2012 - 9:44pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 21 July, 2012 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

answer
The plant it is on is a species in the Croton genus.
The caterpillar is that the Goatweed Leafwing butterfly.
Supposedly they only use plants from the Croton genus, but some websites have listed some other Euphorbia species, but I've never seen them on anything other than Croton species.
A good website about them is here:

http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/goatweed_bfly.htm

Personally I think the butterfly is fascinating. I have been trying to grow different Croton species in my backyard where they are present. Would you be willing to collect some seeds for me? I can provide a description how to do this with the least effort.
… aphid, 21 July, 2012 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

 
Sure you can email me at cdas
Sure you can email me at cdasue@hotmail.com
… Colette Micallef, 21 July, 2012 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

Nice! Makes of think of Goatweed,
but we don't know them well enough to say
… john and jane balaban, 16 July, 2012 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

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