Caterpillar ID anyone?

Garden_of_Mu · Post by **Garden_of_Mu** » Jul 03, 2007 10:57 pm

These little guys are just going to town all over the tansy ragwort(?). They seem to only eat the flowerheads and leave the foliage alone. I think they must be building up the alkaloids from the plant to make themselves unpalatable to birds later on. Any idea what butterfly this might turn into?

Doris_J · Post by **Doris_J** » Jul 04, 2007 8:36 pm

Hello, Mike, I'm your Pillar!

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image ... pillar.jpg

Doris_J · Post by **Doris_J** » Jul 04, 2007 8:38 pm

http://res2.agr.ca/lethbridge/weedbio/a ... rjac_e.htm

http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/inver ... jacobaeae/

Garden_of_Mu · Post by **Garden_of_Mu** » Jul 06, 2007 12:30 am

So THAT'S what that little red butterfly is. We were wondering. Love it. Fine, I'm leaving all the ragwort alone. Thanks!!