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The caterpillars silk together leaves and chaff at the tips of flower stalks where they hide during the day, and emerge at night to feed.
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Black swallowtail caterpillars have stout green bodies with black and yellow stripes; the stripes can also have yellow dots on top.
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The graphic black- and orange-striped pattern on the cinnabar caterpillar makes it easy to recognize from afar, as it almost resembles tiger stripes!
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Growing to be around 6 inches (15 centimeters) long, this caterpillar is easily identified by a velvety black body with thin, evenly spaced, pale yellow stripes that run the entire length of its body.
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Its plumpish body features black, yellow, and white stripes across the segments. The monarch caterpillar also has two pairs of tentacles (horn-like structures that are thought to be sensory organs), one pair at the thorax and one pair on the abdomen.