A few days ago I wrote a post about this yellow Caterpillar that I had seen on our Cassia tree.  I speculated that the Caterpillar was a Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly Caterpillar.  I’m still sticking with that speculation.

Sulphur Caterpillar Macro 3

What was somewhat surprising to me is that there are not many pictures on the web of a Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar (go ahead and try and search Google).  I did see some images labeled “Sulphur” Caterpillar, but really couldn’t find any that stated with certainty that the image displayed was indeed a Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar so perhaps this is somewhat of a rarity.

Anyway, after two days, the Caterpillar finally turned into a Chrysalis.

This is the first Caterpillar and Chrysalis we’ve even seen in our backyard of the Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly.

Clouded Sulphur Chrysalis

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