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Jun 3, 2016 5:40 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
The Skippers look so much alike. I try to guess when I submit them to BAMONA but I think they're just getting frustrated that I never seem to learn. Hilarious!

So we're preparing for tomorrow and I ask Dad if he can get the big flashlight out. He gives me a look that says "Why?" I explain that I'll have to feed the caterpillars again before we leave and I need the flashlight to see the plants - and so I don't pick any creepie crawlies! He just laughed at me. But they're my pets! It's not like I can just leave them. Dad could feed them; he knows the plants they're eating, but it's easier to do it myself.

I just went out and picked food for them which I'm sure they will demolish by morning. While I had the cuties out, I took a picture of my largest Tersa Sphinx Moth. Like the other "Hornworms", you can see they get really big!

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