Found a chrysalis near where I found the caterpillar crawling on the ground
I know it's plantain. I want to know what kind of fungus or insect is causing the black/brown stuff to appear.
I know the plant is in the smilax genus. I want to know what is causing the holes to appear.
The focus of this observation is the predaceous bug and not the beetle. The beetle will be in the next submission.
This butterfly seems heavily gravid. Additionally, she has had a rough time with part of a hind wing and all of a forewing missing.