Meredith, "leaf taco" made laugh out loud. It's so true! And yes, don't feel bad if one doesn't make it. Caterpillars have many predators including viruses and bacteria. So you never know what they came into contact with before you found them. Usually if you can find them as eggs you have the best chance, but even then I've lost entire batches to unknown causes. Congrats on the daughter's graduation! Super kudos to her!
Ann, I don't know that anything uses Carolina Cherry Laurels. I had to learn to tell the difference between them and a Black Cherry, but since I own a Black Cherry and get to look at it as much as I want, it's made it a lot easier. Once I see something I'm pretty good about remembering what it looks like. But I need to see things in person; books help, but it's better to see things in real life. Be careful with that palm - I've got my rose gloves on because I'm handling bromeliads today.
I'm taking a water break right now. I got really tired and overheated moving more bromeliads from full sun to the back part of the yard under shade. I think I'm going to go weed the butterfly garden now. It's in the shade and there aren't too many weeds so it shouldn't be that bad.
