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In my continuing catch-up of happenings in the Butterfly Garden, I present to you a medley pictures we've taken of caterpillars that Judi has raised (as always, click on any picture for a larger size):

These are all different kinds of sulfur caterpillars. First, there's this black-banded specimen:



Here we have one that's blue and green:





This blue and green beauty adds a yellow stripe down the side:









Here's a yellow and black one:



And here's a different yellow and black cutie who's going into his chrysalis:





That's it for the sulfurs. Sometimes we just find caterpillars in the wild, or other people find them and bring them to us, because they know of Judi's interest. These don't always make it to butterflies or moths, and we don't know what kind they are, but that doesn't make them any less interesting. Here are some unknowns:

This one is one the end of a paintbrush. We use paintbrushes when we need to transfer caterpillars, even very tiny ones:



These two are pictures of the same dude:

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