Which came first, the plant or the bug?  We wouldn't have one without the other.  The more we work with the plants, the more we take note of the bugs; the good, the bad, and the ugly.  We try to concentrate more on the beautiful ones, though.

1.     American Lady - Vanessa virginiensis on a buddleia bush (butterfly bush)

2.     Bagworm

3.     Black Swallowtail larvae - Papilio polyxenes on Foeniculum vulgare (fennel weed)

4.     Black Swallowtail pupa.  

5.     Black Swallowtail 

6.     Cloudless Sulpher eggs - Phoebis sennae on Senna lindheimeri (Lindheimer Senna) plant   

7.     Cloudless Sulpher pupa.  It takes approximately 9 - 11 days from pupa being formed to hatching   

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10.   Fig Beetles - Cotinus mutabilis (www.ipm.edu/PMG/r261300511.html)

11.   Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes - Not a good picture, but the only one I've seen.
 
12.   Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus & Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia

13.   Gulf Fritillary larvae - Agraulis vanillae - on passion flower vine - by mid September the Passiflora caerulea and the Passiflora mexicana were eaten down to the bare stems.
   
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15.    Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae
 
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17.    Rustica sphinx moth larvae - Manduca rustica rustica - larvae on Ipomea carnea (Mexican Bush Morning Glory)

18.   Monarch caterpillar - Danaus plexippus on UNK milk weed

19.   Monarch chrysalises

20.   Pipevine Swallowtail larvae main host plant is Aristolochia watsonii (Indian Root) photo contributed by J. Byrum

21.  Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor
  
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24.   Queen Butterfly - Danaus gilippus - Closed wings - One of the Monarchs

25.   Queen Butterfly - closed wings

26.   Some people find the spittle bug unattractive, but it does not harm the plant. 

27.   UNK hawk moth caterpillar on host plant Boerhavia coccinea (Red Spiderling)