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
All photos on this website are copyright of Alice Mary Herden | Green-Fly Media LLC. These photographs may not be reproduced, screen print captured, distributed, modified or re-posted to other websites without the express written permission.
Photo copyright: © Alice Mary Herden 2008-2018 | All Rights Reserved
Categories: Butterflies, Chassahowitzka WMA, Insects, Native Wildflowers
Florida Nature 