Young Leps….

… can be worth a photo long before they fly!

Cloudless sulphur egg on partridge pea in Villas (Cape May County), photo'd by Will Kerling 8-24-13.

Cloudless sulphur egg on partridge pea in Villas (Cape May County), photo’d by Will Kerling 8-24-13.

Pipevine swallotwail eggs in Villas (Cape May County), photo'd by Will Kerling, 8-24-13.

Pipevine swallotwail eggs in Villas (Cape May County), photo’d by Will Kerling, 8-24-13.

Pipevine swallowtail chrysalis in Villas garden, photo'd by Will Kerling, 8-24-13.

Pipevine swallowtail chrysalis in Villas garden, photo’d by Will Kerling, 8-24-13.

American snout ovipositing on hackberry in Cape May Courthouse, photo'd by Will Kerling on 8-20-13.

American snout ovipositing on hackberry in Cape May Courthouse, photo’d by Will Kerling on 8-20-13. Click on image and look close and you can see the egg emerging.

American snout egg oh hackberry in Cape May Courthouse, photo'd by Will Kerling on 8-20-13.

American snout egg on hackberry in CMCH, photo’d by Will Kerling on 8-20-13.

Tiger swallowtail egg about to hatch, Jesse Connor's garden Port Republic (Atlantic County) 8-25-13.

Tiger swallowtail egg (on Prunus virgiana) about to hatch, Jesse Connor’s garden Port Republic (Atlantic County) 8-25-13.

Tiger swallowtail caterpillar in early instar ("bird dropping" instar) Jesse Connor's garden, 8-25-13.

Tiger swallowtail caterpillar in early instar (“bird dropping” instar) Jesse Connor’s garden, 8-25-13.

Snowberry clearwing, Hemaris diffinis, drying its wings before first flight, Jesse Connor's garden, 8-23-13.

Snowberry clearwing, Hemaris diffinis, drying its wings before first flight, Jesse Connor’s garden, 8-23-13.

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