Well, the lovely little bordered patch caterpillars have thoroughly destroyed Mr. Sunflower. His head even lies in repose.
Most of the caterpillars have moved on to greener pastures, but there are a few hanging around still.
We also have found some of these guys around:
They are Virginia Tiger Moth caterpillars. They eat just about anything we've found. I found them on the sunflower, the coreopsis, and some weeds. We "adopted" one. (Emelye named him/ her Fuzzy.) A few days ago, s/he spun his cocoon:
We'll see how long he needs before he emerges (and if I've correctly identified him as a caterpillar!)
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