RE: Ia St Fair NOW Monarch Larvae-Now onto another caterpiller all together...

I "caught" a very LARGE caterpillar coming down out of one of the elms in
the front yard.  I have photos if anyone is interested and would like to
take a shot at what the related butterfly/moth might be.

The caterpillar was that soft lime green of a luna moth, with spots on its
body that were an iridescent blue & yellows.  

Blessings,
Bonnie  (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:33 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Ia St Fair NOW Monarch Larvae

Have not had the wildlife I usually do here this year. But the weather
has also been very strange too.

I believe one of my neighbors is really responsible tho... found a
number of dead rabbits near my pond this season. Thinking someone has
put out something to control the population.:( They better hope I never
figure out who it is.

Donna
Chemical free here too!


> 
> 
> 
> Last week I had them all over my Asclepias.  There seemed to be one on
> every
> leaf of a number of plants.  I am looking forward to the  babies.  I
have
> so
> many butterflies, dragon flies, bees and humming birds  it's hard to
pull
> grass without bumping into them. :-)  I have not used any  poison of
any
> kind in
> the 7+ years I have lived here, and I have no pests --  except for
those
> orange
> aphids that get on the Asclepias every  year.  They don't appear to
damage
> the plants, and they don't stay  long.
> 
> zem
> Zone 7
> West TN

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