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  1. American Lady Caterpillar

  2. American Snout Caterpillar

  3. Arogos Skipper Caterpillar

  4. Black Swallowtail Caterpillar

  5. Black Swallowtail Caterpillars

    This symmetrical pair of Black Swallowtail caterpillars was on Rue in our herb garden. Young caterpillars at this stage have "saddles" on ther backs.

  6. Brazilian Skipper Caterpillar

    You can see the internal organs in the Brazilian Skipper, also known as a Canna Skipper.

  7. Brown Elfin Caterpillar

    It was recently learned that Brown Elfins populate parts of the Florida Panhandle. They feed on the flowers of Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia).

  8. Cassius Blue Caterpillar

  9. Clouded Skipper Caterpillar

  10. Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar

  11. Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar

  12. Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillars

    Cloudless Sulphur caterpillars occur in several different colors and patterns.

  13. Common Buckeye Caterpillar

    Common Buckeyes use many host plants in the Broomrape family (OROBANCHACEAE){formerly included in the SCROPHULARIACEAE or Snapdragon family) including the False Foxglove (Agalinis sp.).

  14. Common Buckeye Caterpillar

  15. Common or Tropical Checkered skipper Caterpillar

  16. Eufala Skipper Caterpillar

  17. Fiery Skipper Caterpillar

  18. Frosted Elfin Caterpillar

    Frosted Elfin caterpillars seem to prefer to eat the flowers of its host plant, Sundal Lupine (Lupinus perennis).

  19. Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar

    This is a head-on view of the Giant Swallowtail caterpillar.

  20. Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar

  21. Goatweed Leafwing Caterpillar

  22. Goatweed Leafwing Caterpillar

  23. Goatweed Leafwing Caterpillar

  24. Golden banded-skipper Caterpillar

  25. Great Southern White Caterpillar

  26. Gulf Fritillary and Variegated Fritillary Caterpillars

    The Gulf Fritillary (bottom) and Variegated Fritillary (top) both use Passionflower vines (Pasiflora spp.) as a host plant.

  27. Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar

  28. Hackberry Emperor Caterpillar

    The caterpillars of the Hackberry and Tawny Emperors are very similar. To distinguish the two species, look for the thicker stripes on the Tawny Emperor compared to the very thin lines on the Hackberry Emperor caterpillar.

  29. Harvester Caterpillar

    Harvester caterpillar with aphids on green ash leaf

  30. Hoary Edge Caterpillar

  31. Horace's Duskywing Caterpillar

  32. Julia Caterpillar

  33. Juvenal's Duskywing

  34. Lace-winged Roadside-skipper Caterpillar

  35. Little Metalmark Caterpillar

    In north Florida, caterpillars of the Little Metalmark are found on the undersides of the basal leaves of Vanillaleaf (Carphephorus odoratissimus), their host plant.

  36. Little Yellow Caterpillar

  37. Long-tailed Skipper Caterpillar

  38. Malachite Caterpillar

  39. Mangrove Skipper Caterpillar

  40. Miami Blue Caterpillar

    The Miami Blue is near extinction in Florida due mostly to habitat loss. It is feared that several populations no longer exist. This Miami Blue caterpillar was reared in captivity in an effort to repopulate the species in south Florida. The captive rearing program currently has been suspended.

  41. Monarch Caterpillar in J Position

    Most caterpillars travel away from their host plants to prepare for their metamorphosis into chrysalides (plural of chrysalis). This monarch caterpillar has chosen to form its chrysalis on the leaf of a Fireflag (Thalia geniculata)

    View a video of a monarch caterpillar changing into a chrysalis.

  42. Monarch Caterpillar

    The Queen caterpillar which mimics the Monarch caterpillar has an extra set of projections in the middle of the body.

  43. Orange-barred Sulphur Caterpillar

  44. Palamedes Swallowtail Caterpillar

  45. Pearl Crescent Caterpillar

  46. Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillar

  47. Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillars

    Young pipevine caterpillars eating pipevine leaf

  48. Polydamas Swallowtail Caterpillar

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