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Published: 2016-06-30 19:27:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 355; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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Description Discovered this gorgeous caterpillar munching away on my buddleia bush!
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Comments: 7

bear48 [2016-07-12 18:41:59 +0000 UTC]

nice job 

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to bear48 [2016-07-17 10:33:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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inObrAS [2016-07-01 16:04:52 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to inObrAS [2016-07-02 12:22:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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ScribalWriter [2016-06-30 21:51:41 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous! I moved about twenty caterpillars today as I was watering the plants. They seem to love the dill and strawberry plants.

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to ScribalWriter [2016-07-02 12:26:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

Not so much caterpillars, but slugs have been a pain in the butt recently.  My lupins and hollyhock leaves have been munched to nothing. My hostas are also looking a mess even though they are raised, in pots. I think, over the years, I will adapt my planting to make it as easy as possible. Only keep those plants that thrive well and aren't attacked by the wildlife!

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ScribalWriter In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2016-07-14 19:55:44 +0000 UTC]

We haven't had too many slugs this year, thankfully. (Yet, I should say. Yet.) We had problems with a certain kind of caterpillar earlier in the year - they were just brutal. Entire trees were bare because they just ate through the leaves like they were nothing. Thankfully, the ones I was pulling of the dill were only swallowtails. Truthfully, they make cute caterpillars - very, very bright green. (Sorry it's taken so long to reply!)

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