caterpillar life cycle | NurtureNativeNature

ljmarkson

Mar 22, 20212 min read

You Can Only Have a Native Violet Bouquet if You Grow It

Non-native roses are widely admired. Native violet’s value is underestimated. But if you grow violets in your yard. Nature will be...

ljmarkson

Feb 11, 20213 min read

The Prime Directive and the Owlet Looper Caterpillar Dilemma

OR Coexisting with nature is as complex as trying to follow Star Trek’s Prime Directive. In anticipation of the first hard freeze back at...

ljmarkson

Nov 28, 20202 min read

Passionflower Vine Drama: Protective Ants, Life-Sucking Soldiers, and Intoxicated Bees

I’m typically an all-in kind of person when something interests me, and passionflower vine is a striking attention grabber. I won’t be...

ljmarkson

Nov 27, 20202 min read

Native Passionflower Vine is a Popular Butterfly Host Plant

In Georgia, native passionflower vines (passiflora incarnata or lutea) are the only host plants for gulf fritillary butterfly...

ljmarkson

Nov 23, 20201 min read

The Ticket to a Front Row Seat Watching Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar's Become Butterflies

Or Why Pollinator Gardens Need Native Host Plants The people who tell me their pollinator garden doesn't need native plants invariably...

ljmarkson

Nov 22, 20202 min read

The Very Hungry Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar - From Youthful Defoliation to Chrysalis

Watching generations of gulf fritillary caterpillars go through multiple stages as they defoliate the native passionflower vines...

ljmarkson

Nov 21, 20201 min read

The Very Hungry Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar – From Egg to Baby Caterpillar

One benefit of creating a wildlife habitat in my yard is I get too see the wonder of nature up close throughout the year. I never tire of...