page_title: Phoebis sennae
section_title: Caterpillar
hierarchical_section_title: Phoebis sennae / Life cycle / Caterpillar
caption_attribution_description: English: Cloudless Sulfur Caterpillar (Phoebis sennae) eating Yellow Jessamine Flowers (Gelsemium sempervirens).jpg
context_page_description: Phoebis sennae, the cloudless sulphur or cloudless giant sulphur, is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the New World. There are several similar species such as the yellow angled-sulphur, which has angled wings, statira sulphur, and other sulphurs, which are much smaller.
context_section_description: Once the egg hatches, a caterpillar emerges that is yellow to greenish, striped on sides, with black dots in rows across the back. The host plant may be partridge pea (Chamaecrista cinerea), sennas (Senna), clovers (Trifolium), or other legumes (Fabaceae).  The caterpillar will usually grow to a length between 41 and 45 mm (1.6 and 1.8 in).
caption: Cloudless Sulfur Caterpillar (Phoebis sennae) eating Yellow Jessamine Flower (Gelsemium sempervirens)
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