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Jun 17, 2016 5:35 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
As usual, UF is here to rescue me with so much info about the Saddleback Caterpillar: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/crea...

More pictures at BAMONA: http://www.butterfliesandmoths...

I showed them to my family so they would know what they look like and not to touch. My brother said it looked like it had a wrapper on it before I could tell him the name. It made me think how common names are very much a product of their times. If we hadn't discovered them until recently, they might be the Candy Wrapper Caterpillar. Sounds a lot nicer to me!

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