The black swallowtail caterpillar eats carrots, parsley, and fennel. Question: What kind of caterpillar looks like a wooly bear caterpillar, but has long gray hair on its back? Couldn’t match it to any of these. Keep an eye out for these big, beautiful butterflies on warm spring days, even when there are still patches of snow on the ground.

The catalpa sphinx can really do a number on an infested tree. Like most hawk-moths, the caterpillar also sports a so-called horn on the tip of the end body segment. Is it a horned worm or caterpillar? I found a hairy caterpillar with red sports on her back and she was black what is she? Sometimes called a white woolly bear caterpillar, or white woolly, the hickory tussock moth caterpillar is white with a black line going down its back. They are sometimes called white woolly bears or white woolly worms, even though younger caterpillars are often yellow. Like many caterpillars on this list, larvae of the cloudless sulfur butterfly are about 2 inches long. Answer: There are many types of green caterpillars -- hundreds!

The moth’s name comes from the caterpillar’s supposed resemblance to an elephant’s trunk: most people think it looks more like a serpent. It's related to the tomato hornworm but very different in appearance. Caterpillars are the larval stage of the class of insects called Lepidoptera, commonly known as butterflies and moths. I am raising them in a net "cage" after I accidentally pruned them off their food source.

After they finish feeding on a leaf, they hide the evidence of their feast by cutting off the stem from the twig so that it falls to the ground. At its head was a long black horn with little spikes coming off it. Question: My son sent me a picture of what he says is a tomato hornworm caterpillar, but it is not green and I don't see the horns, however, it is very large and brown.

Question: I found a large green caterpillar that had a single large black dot on it, near the head. While this can be effective, the bacteria is known to kill many other species of caterpillars in addition to the gypsy moth.

It's critically important that you keep them fed with fresh leaves from the exact plant on which you found them. 1in, brown and black Until their third moult, the caterpillars resemble small bird droppings, so are difficult to find, but the mature caterpillar is much easier to spot. what was it?? The variegated fritillary is not a true fritillary, despite superficially resembling members of that group. Do a Google image search and see if you find a match!

This spectacular caterpillar turns into an even more spectacular moth.

I mistook it for a leaf at first.

2 ¼in, mainly black These types of caterpillars are commonly known as inchworms. Question: I found a caterpillar that looks like a snake in Colorado.

Once inside the nest, the caterpillar preys on the grubs, eating as many as 1,200 of them and increasing its own weight 100 times by the time it pupates in late May. This species pupates underground and does not spin a cocoon, so it has to find the right place to spend the winter and turn into a moth. Here's where it gets interesting.

The full-grown larva is red colored with sub-dorsal tubercles brown.

Question: Are there any reports of puss caterpillars in New York, particularly in NYC and Long Island? It is green with a brown patterned line and a diamond on its back; its head is brown. In these kits, you receive a coupon to send in for eggs or newly hatched caterpillars, which feed on a kind of paste included in the kit. I have got no idea what he is ...help? It has the ability to produce cyanide which can harm or potentially kill the predator.

Tonight I saw a huge, brownish black caterpillar outside on my stone steps.
It lives in Canada and the eastern U.S. and favors a diet of oak, maple, walnut and ash leaves. Thanks!

It crawled inside our apartment & I picked it up with a napkin & put it on my aloe plant. They're not at all hard to find on the host plant -- their bright coloring is thought to be a kind of warning to predators not to even bother eating them. Do you know if this is a caterpillar or worm on March 30, 2019: I found something I don’t know if It’s even a caterpillar it might be a worm it’s all brown yeah, I found one that’s yellow with black stripes but it is NOT a cinnabar catapillar, I found a brownish thing that looks like a catepiller is it a worm or a catepiller. It is advised to not handle caterpillars with your bare hands unless you are sure of the species. Answer: If they are furry, they could be milkweed tiger moth caterpillars. Answer: If it is it spiny, then it's the io moth, and it can sting.

It is a light green color with purple squares or something on its back, I found a caterpillar that has 3 stripes it is black then orange then black.

It also looks somewhat fuzzy, but not hairy. Found a big greeb catepillar with tiny white horns throughout its body and yellow feet.


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With its awesome pompadour and general slug-like build, this animal is sometimes referred to as the "Elvis Caterpillar."

It is found in spicebush, Joe-Pye weeds, jewelweeds, honeysuckles, thistles, and mimosas.

After each shedding of the skin, the caterpillar looks increasingly like a bird dropping.

I picked it up, and the thing stung me. The milkweed that monarchs feed on is protected by having poisonous sap, which in turn makes the monarch caterpillar poisonous to any potential predators. When I touched it, it would flick very fast from side to side in a circular motion.

Question: I saw a brown caterpillar in my citrus leaves.