Photos #1 & #2 are 5th instar. Photo #3 is 3rd instar taken on 8/20/22. Photo #4 is the pupa taken on 9/17/22. Eclosion on June 2, 2023.
The host plant is Slender Wildparsley -- Musineon tenuifolium.
Two suitors...
Also displaying it's osmeterium. What a fantastic snake mimic!
Chassahowitzka WMA - with Bill Pranty.
Chassahowitzka WMA - with Bill Pranty.
Chassahowitzka WMA - with Bill Pranty.
Chassahowitzka WMA - with Bill Pranty.