Caterpillar Variation

By Michelle Lopez

It’s interesting how a host plant can affect the color of a caterpillar. These are all white lined sphinx moth caterpillars! I’m seeing so many!

From Sue Ann: Here’s what the moth looks like, coincidentally photographed by @michelle on iNaturalist. Not our Michelle!

And here’s one in flight, by me.

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