On Aug 2, 9:05*pm, Jangchub wrote:
On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:02:19 -0500, Jangchub
wrote:





On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:40:52 -0700 (PDT), cajunpaisley
wrote:

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

Are you sure they are assassin bugs? *Look here and look at the
largest of the photos offered. *I have these nymphs on my passiflora
as well.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...ticulture.tamu....

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those little bugs *look* something like my little bugs, but the rear
ends of mine are all orange, no black spikes on their rear...but their
butts are kind of *hiked up* like your photos..so if they are the
squash bug, what's their purpose?
perry