Common Buckeye Caterpillar’s host plant is the False Foxglove… and at Chassahowitzka WMA there are plenty still blooming for this caterpillar to go into it’s next life cycle stage.

Common Buckeye Caterpillar | Alice Mary Herden | October 20, 2018

Common Buckeye Caterpillar | Alice Mary Herden | October 20, 2018

Common Buckeye | Alice Mary Herden | July 22, 2018
Links:
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/common_buckeye.htm
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in801
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Categories: Butterflies, Chassahowitzka WMA, Insects, Native Wildflowers