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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; butterfly caterpillars</title>
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		<title>Skipper Caterpillar:  Juvenal&#8217;s Duskywing</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/11/skipper-caterpillar-juvenals-duskywing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Skipper Caterpillars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Caterpillar ID pretty please
November 9, 2009
To my novice eyes this appears to be an early instar, but I&#8217;ve had no luck identifying which caterpillar it will grow up to be. I tried looking through your archives but didn&#8217;t see it. I don&#8217;t want to waste your time. Could you please help? It was chowing down [...]


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		<title>Orange Barred Sulphur Caterpillar and Chrysalis</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/23/orange-barred-sulphur-caterpillar-and-chrysalis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/23/orange-barred-sulphur-caterpillar-and-chrysalis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sulphur and White Caterpillars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sulphur caterpillar rescue and cocoon
October 22, 2009
I think this is an orange barred sulphur based on photos I&#8217;ve seen. We rescued this caterpillar and it&#8217;s brother from a family member&#8217;s cassia tree (she was going to kill them!). I cried a little and she let me take them off and bring them home.
Anyway, we bought [...]


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		<title>Orange Dog</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/17/orange-dog-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[swallowtail caterpillars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is this?
October 16, 2009
We found this on a dwarf orange tree in our yard today (October 16, 2009) and would like to know what it is. It had apparently eaten half a leaf in the morning. In the evening it was on another leaf, which it had begun to consume. It move it&#8217;s head [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/10/09/orange-dog-4/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Orange Dog'>Orange Dog</a> <small>Bird Poop Caterpillar Hi Bugman, I believe I may have...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/11/11/orange-dog-8/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Orange Dog'>Orange Dog</a> <small>caterpillar Greetings, My cousin in Florida found this little guy...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/26/orange-dog-10/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Orange Dog'>Orange Dog</a> <small>Catepillar Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:58 PM Dear bugman,...</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Common Buckeye</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/28/common-buckeye-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/28/common-buckeye-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[brush footed butterfly caterpillars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tan and Rust Colored Butterfly
September 27, 2009
Hi,
I&#8217;m having no luck identifying this butterfly. I took this photo in a conservation area along the Mississippi river. Any help you can offer will greatly be appreciated.
Thank you!
Sheri
Northeast Missouri
Hi Sheri,
We believe your butterfly is a Common Buckeye, Junonia coenia.  The dorsal view is quite distinctive.  The ventral view [...]


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		<title>Long-Tailed Skipper laying eggs.  Caterpillar too!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/27/long-tailed-skipper-laying-eggs-caterpillar-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/27/long-tailed-skipper-laying-eggs-caterpillar-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Skipper Caterpillars]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[medium butterfly laying eggs on bean plant
September 25, 2009
I discovered this butterfly laying eggs on the two varieties of beans I have growing, a bush type and vine type. The bush type is planted next to a square of soy beans.
The insect is approximately 2 inches wide and their flight pattern is sporadic and jittery [...]


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		<title>Monarch Caterpillar: Metamorphosis into Chrysalis</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/15/monarch-caterpillar-metamorphosis-into-chrysalis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/15/monarch-caterpillar-metamorphosis-into-chrysalis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[chrysalis formation of monarch caterpillar
September 14, 2009
Hi! A few weeks ago, my kids and I collected some monarch eggs and caterpillars from a local park. After weeks of collecting fresh milkweed every day and watching the caterpillars grow, we were rewarded by seeing them turn into beautiful green chrysalids. One morning, we happened to be [...]


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		<title>Swallowtail Caterpillars:  Black or Anise Swallowtails???</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/14/swallowtail-caterpillars-black-or-anise-swallowtails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/14/swallowtail-caterpillars-black-or-anise-swallowtails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i can has parsley?
September 14, 2009
I was at my Grandmother&#8217;s today and I grabbed a quick shot of these guys chowing down.  I believe I&#8217;ve correctly identified them via your site (because your description specifically mentions parsley!)
I hope you like this group shot of what I believe are Anise Swallowtail Caterpillars.
iphone photo:
Here&#8217;s my flickr entry:
Thanks [...]


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		<title>Mexican Swallowtail Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/09/mexican-swallowtail-caterpillar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/09/mexican-swallowtail-caterpillar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[swallowtail caterpillars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s That Bug?
September 8, 2009
in the back yard under a ovacado tree
not sure
from jalisco mexico
Dear not sure,
This is a Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar &#8220;in the &#8216; Pyrrhosticta &#8216; group of Papilio swallowtails — P. cleotas ,P. garamas ,P. victorinus , etc.&#8221; as previously identified on our site by Keith Wolfe.  The red horns are a defense [...]


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		<title>Compton Tortoiseshell</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/10/compton-tortoiseshell-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/10/compton-tortoiseshell-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[brush footed butterfly caterpillars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What kind of moth or butterfly is this?August 10, 2009&#160;I was on a weekend away in Perry Sound Ontario Canada, and spotted this little beauty on a rock by the watter..Any Idea what it is? It looks like a moth.LauriePerry Sound, Ontario, Canada



Compton Tortoiseshell


Hi Laurie,The Compton Tortoiseshell, Nymphalis vau-album, is a butterfly.&#160; According to Bugguide [...]


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		<title>Anise Swallowtail Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/01/anise-swallowtail-caterpillar-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/01/anise-swallowtail-caterpillar-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[swallowtail caterpillars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bander caterpillar, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
August 1, 2009
Hi. I found this gorgeous caterpillar hanging on to a stalk of poison hemlock yesterday in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco yesterday. (It&#8217;s August first today.) I&#8217;m dying to know what kind of butterfly or moth it will become.
Thanks
Harvey
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
Hi Harvey,
This is an [...]


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