I have a passion flower in my back yard, i am in extreme south
louisiana..50
miles southwest of new orleans.

the first year that we were visited by the gulf fritillary butterfly,
and
the show that followed fascinated us. the butterflies, the eggs they
laid,
and the gorgeous, fat orange caterpillars..and then the cyle starts
over.
we are on our 4th year now..

i notice that "orange" things are attracted to the passion
flower...mostly,
i see clusters of orange assassin bugs...the butterflies are
magnificently orange, their eggs are....orange. the plump beautiful
caterpillars are beauties...and they're ORANGE....

are the assassin bugs after the eggs, the caterpillars? is there
anything i
can do to deter the assassin bugs, if they indeed are harmful to the
butterfly
cycle...?
Thanks.
Perry