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Since all of our milkweed plants had been completely gleaned of juicy, milk-filled leaves by the few remaining Monarch larvae we have, we bought a few more plants to get them bulked up enough for their upcoming pupation phase. 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Good thing we have plenty of plants\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Monarch-Larvae01-02-03-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9493,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/10\/22\/perfectly-named\/","url_meta":{"origin":9246,"position":1},"title":"Perfectly Named","date":"October 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Came across this little guy on one of our plumeria plants. Apparently they love to destroy tomato plants. I'll have to keep an eye out for more of them. They have super nasty looking pointy larvae. Their name? 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