While I was out hunting for Butterfly Caterpillars I came across this thing. It was on our Cassia tree. This is the plant that the Sulphur Butterflies host on.
Normally we just have Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies laying eggs on this plant, and rarely do the Caterpillars make it to the Chrysalis stage because this plant is also favored by the Wasps.
However, that being said, I’m not sure this is a Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar. I know the Caterpillars I have seen from the Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly tend to be green, not bright yellow like this one is. I’m also making an assumption it is a Butterfly Caterpillar because of the familiar “J” shape that it is in.
Because this Caterpillar is so rare (at least for us), we actually placed it in one of our Butterfly enclosures so that the wasps and other predators don’t attack it.
So, for those that might know, or care to do the research, is this a Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar?
Sulphur Caterpillar
The following pictures show the same Caterpillar, but these were taken with the Macro lens. If you click on the pictures, you can really see some interesting detail.
Sulphur Caterpillar Macro
Sulphur Caterpillar Macro 2
Sulphur Caterpillar Macro 3
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