| Egg of the Orange Awl. The female Skipper flies quite rapidly and lays her eggs singly, on the top or bottom surfaces of the food plant - Arthrophyllum diversifolium, a species of the Ginseng family. The caterpillar emerges after about 4 days. This egg was laid by the female butterfly at around 5 pm in the evening. |
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| A full-grown caterpillar of the Orange Awl. The caterpillar normally hides under a folded portion of the leaf, which it sews together using the silk that it spins. It comes out in the dark to feed on other leaves and then quickly returns to its sanctuary if disturbed. Most of the feeding is done at night. Sometimes, it also eats the leaf under which it hides, after which it moves to another fresh leaf and folds it to create a new hiding place |  |
