When I was watering the gardens today, I watered my Passion Vine and saw this huge fat catapiller hightailing its way under the leaves of my vine. It was fat, white and wooly. Very hairy. I ran inside to get the camera to snap a pic to find out what he was but he was gone. I just would like to know what is chewing on my beloved passion vine. Is it worth the lost of my wonderful leaves? We all know how I dont care for the "all you can eat buffet" critters but I saw a all black with some bright blue on it butterfly on my passion vine last week. So if its this little guy, he can stay. But if its a ugly brown moth, I have to kick him to the curb.
Catapillar Pinkiered sounds scarey looking but I have know idea what it is .If you see it again have a glass jar ready with a metal lid with holes in it,catch it and put some grass and passion flower leaves in and a small limb see if it eats on the grass or passion flower leaves. Oh yeah put water on some of the leaves keep it in the jar , It will make a caccoon and it may take a long time to make , but then you can see what kind of butterfly it makes.
These websites just mighthelp you identify your mystery caterpillar. Hope so anyway. Let us know if you discover what on earth it was won't you? http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/ http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/moth0.htm
Its a Yellow Woollybear. Remember the topic I started about my first passion fruit? Well, its gone as are the other little fruits that were growing! I cant find him now but I will!!! Ill have to go at night! No worries that Ill kill him, I wont. Ill just move him out of my yard!!!! From what I read, he will eat just about anything.
Oh dear and I was hoping he was something rare that was going to turn into a beautiful butterfly too!!!! :'( Hope you catch him and that more passion fruits grow for you.
See http://www.gardenstew.com/viewtopic.php?p=12676#12676 for update on this. Im not sure it was the same one but I havent seen it again. So I have to go with it.
