There ARE Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly caterpillars inside the leaf rolls! (See “Spicebush Leaves are Getting Rolled Already” post below.) A friend helped me unroll a couple of leaves and there they were! We let the leaves roll back up so the little caterpillars were “safe” again. (The caterpillars generate a white sticky substance — you can see it in these pictures — that keeps the rolls closed up.) – Robin
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Robin, those are great pictures! How big are the caterpillars, about 1/2 inch? Can they be re-rolled once they are opened?
Yes, we left them re-rolled.
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