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Agraulis vanillae
Orange caterpillars about 1.5"-2" long with black spikes.
Central America to Southern U.S.
I knew these were the caterpillars of Gulf Fritillaries, and I know they like munching on the leaves of our passionfruit vine, but did not know they eat that exclusively. Very interesting, thanks Wikipedia!
Spotted on Jul 2, 2013
Submitted on Jul 2, 2013
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I had a beautiful passion vine with several flowers in bloom and about
10 of them showed up and devoured it in about 4 days! Don't think it's going
to grow back, only 3 leaves left! I planted a new one next to it for this season.
interesting