Tag: sulfur butterfly

• Question of the Week – Sulphur Butterfly Chrysalis

  

  This week, the question was: What is the pinkish-colored thing attached to this tomato stem? This is the chrysalis of a sulphur butterfly, most likely the cloudless sulphur (Pheobis sennae). The cloudless sulphur is a common butterfly in South Carolina seen frequently foraging wildflowers. The caterpillars feed on legume plants, specifically within the Chamaecrista and Senna genera.…

  Justin Ballew

  July 14, 2022

  Question of the Week

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