One of my little green guys died.
He appeared to be settling in to molt, as he had been on the side of the container for several hours. But then he was laying on the bottom dead. Let's hope the other one makes it because I want to know what this thing turns into. I even went back out to the well to see if I could find some more, but I didn't see any. I'll keep checking. I picked a new leaf for the other one and he's already eating it so that's good.
Slept a lot today but went out about 3:30 to water in the new plants. I saw this skipper all over the Tampa Vervain. It's either a Fiery Skipper or a Whirlabout. I just had BAMONA confirm some pictures for me and one was a Fiery Skipper and one was a Whirlabout. I sat there with my book open and I can't for the life of me see the difference. I got some good angles on this one! They don't usually open their wings that much.
And for my PSA of the day, check your weeds before you trash them (or compost or whatever you do with them). This thing probably emerged a couple of months ago, at least, since I haven't had caterpillars for that long. But I just saw it today when I was getting out of the car. That's a Monarch chrysalis in case we have any newbies or lurkers.
I get to start training my new volunteer tomorrow at MOSI which means I get to talk butterflies and caterpillars for hours! Woo hoo!
