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25-05-2003, 06:08 PM
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, Steve Coyle at
wrote on 5/25/03 11:48 AM:
The big problem I've had with Passion Vines is the spikey brown
catapiller that chews them up, and I stay alert for them to arrive as
they do so every year for handpicking. If you are not on top of it,
they can devestate the plant.
That is the orange fritillary butterfly caterpillar and I always allow them
one passion vine of their choice and let them have it. It always comes back
after they devour it, but it is a native host to the caterpillar that
produces all the beautiful orange butterflies in the fall.
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