Last fall I was excited to find a couple of beautiful yellow and orange butterflies (Orange-barred Sulphurs) flying around the Bahama Senna shrubs in the front yard. Search as I might, though, I never did find a caterpillar. This fall I’ve seen them flying on several occasions, but they’ve never settled down while I’ve had my camera with me. (Seriously, I’ve never seen so much fluttering and so little landing.)
Even though I haven’t been able to get a photo of an adult, I have finally found a caterpillar, so I guess things balance out.
I was cleaning up the yard and taking down the shutters the morning after Hurricane Matthew passed by, staying politely out to sea but giving us all a healthy scare, when I discovered this bright yellow caterpillar on one of the shrubs:
Calloo callay! This little guy brought a little brightness to an otherwise drab gray day.