Well, some bushes in my yard have been hosting something for a while that I had no clue about! Today I found a caterpillar on a clematis vine. I tried, but couldn't remember what it might be...okay, if you reach a certain age, you might be cursed with a memory problem like that. It didn't help that it wasn't on its host plant! I finally found the pic in my caterpillar book! This is a Crimson Patch caterpillar, that uses Flame Acanthus foliage. It had been a long time since the only other time these butterflies got this far north and laid eggs!
Wish I'd seen the butterfly mama!
