We brought home a new plant from the last native plant sale we attended, another member of the cassia family.

Days after planting it into the ground I spotted a cloudless sulphur caterpillar.

I waited for the caterpillar to grow a little more before welcoming it into the butterfly house as our latest resident. I thought for sure it was very close to the last instar, but it is still munching away on fresh leaves almost every day. I have read they grow up to 1.8 inches.

A neat characteristic of this caterpillar is the coloration, as it turns green, or yellow depending on the green leaves, or yellow flowers it eats. My cassia does not have any flowers yet, as they are both very young trees.

For more information, photographs, about the cloudless sulphur, visit https://bit.ly/3vJIMNd.