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..erpillar!

I never thought I'd say that about a creature that eats my flowers!

It was sunny that morning on 9/03/13. I was looking at the damage something had been doing to my Hardy Hibiscus.. then I spotted it!



I've never seen anything like it so I grabbed the camera and got pics of this critter above.

Of course I moved in closer..



When I moved in to get a Macro shot a shadow of the camera made this kinda neat pic..



To get an idea how small.. my index finger [ at this point not sure which end was which ]..



Earlier this evening I found it again [ 10 days later and not sunny ] - look at the damage it did on that leaf!



And I spotted another one!!!



More pics of both of them soon.....
 

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I just looked them up. It's listed under stinging caterpillars of the US. I didn't read about them yet. However, there sure are a lot of beautiful ones out there. For being a stinger, It sure is cute and pretty though.:D
 

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I think I figured out which end was which..



What a face (?)..





Dark one again..



They almost look like puppy dog faces.. size comparison..



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At one time this is what the Hardy Hibiscus blooms looked like..



Dinner plate size.. 8" bloom!
 

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I have a red one just like your white one. Very large flowers. Yup, like a dinner plate. That bug is gross, but amazing looking. I have to take some pictures of the trees that I got from the seeds you sent me. I braided a few different colors together, and the bark filled in so now it looks like one tree with all different color RofS flowers. Just beautiful.
 

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You da plant LADY for sure Terry!!!

They called it "Plum-crazy" .. see the ruler?!



Let's see those "trees"... PLEASE?
 
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