its one of their natural food sources. they love grubs / larve. im glad someone enjoyed them and i didnt have to deal with them.
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Been living here 6 years. Only saw a coyote twice in that time. Within 2 nights of hanging this trail cam behind my house I see a coyote on it.
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Caterpillars, including this huge one, almost completely defoliating this young Sapote tree. Apparently they are giant swallowtail butterfly caterpillars. The white markings are not paint, although I do paint the trunk of these trees. Apparently it’s camouflage that resembles bird droppings 
. Question is what to do about them?
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Take a bow. You’ve been chosen to grow food for an attractive insect. Not everyone who aspires to host swallowtail butterflies and giant silk moths gets to do so.
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@CRhode, we are so focused on growing fruit that we do tend to forget the other blessings around us. The mother of these larvae was flying around the yard a few weeks ago. She was a sight to behold. I’m going to try to gently relocate them to a large citrus tree. They’re running out of leaves on this one and I would really like this tree to recover.
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You’re right!
theres been a fairly large bull moose hanging around our neighborhood the last 4 days. i havent seen him but quite a few neighbors have vids and pics they posted on facebook. driving my dogs crazy at night.
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