I check my passion vines for Gulf Fritillary caterpillars every few days. When they get out of control they can eat up entire passion vine. Three years ago my passion vines looked more like sticks because of the Gulf Fritillarys. Late this afternoon I noticed one caterpillar and on closer examination of four vines there were over 50 caterpillars that were about 3/8" or less.
Despite the caterpillars I have a lot of blooms and they look great!
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| Gulf Fritillary caterpillar, this was one of the larger ones. |
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| Gulf Fritillary caterpillar, you can see how this one has been eating the edges and a hole in the leaves. |
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| Passion Flower |
Despite the caterpillars I have a lot of blooms and they look great!
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| Passion Flower |
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| Passion Flower |
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| Passion Flower |
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| Passion Flower |
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| Passion Flower |
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| Passion Flower |
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| Passion Flower |
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| Passion Flower |
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