something is eating my orange tree
Mar 31, 2012 12:45:21 #
Mar 31, 2012 13:05:57 #
This looks like an early instar Giant Swallowtail caterpillar. Worth protecting. http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/09/02/giant-swallowtail-butterflies-and-caterpillars
Apr 2, 2012 12:48:28 #
ok they can eat all they want :) i found a whole herd of them on some brush,but might be a different kind.tom
Apr 2, 2012 12:57:09 #
tinusbum wrote:
These are definitely a different caterpillar. I do not recognize them, so if they are on a desirable, or valuable, or "keeper" plant, I would consider them pests.Okay, they can eat all they want. I found a whole herd of them on some brush, but might be a different kind.
Nice shot, by the way! Notice the shallow DOF.
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