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Caterpillars and PupaPossible Pine Devil
Location: Central Virginia
August 22, 2010 6:38 am
Hi,
Scoured the site and found something similar to this – could this be a Pine Devil? We are located in Central Virginia and my husband found the critter crawling along the stone driveway. There is a large pine tree near where he found it, as well as several dogwoods and other trees.
I have more then the one picture but was unable to send more then one at a time.
Thanks for a great site!!
Mrs. L. Owen
Pine Devil
Dear Mrs. Owen,
This is most certainly a Pine Devil Caterpillar, Citheronia supulcralis, a close relative of the Hickory Horned Devil, a caterpillar we see much more frequently than the Pine Devil. We are currently having problems posting your photo, and we hope that we are able to post your letter now, knowing we will have to attach the photo at a later time. BugGuide describes the adult moth as being: “body chocolate brown with long thick abdomen; forewing dull brownish-violet with small rose basal spot and obscure blackish PM line and reniform spot; hindwing rose at base; median line and discal spot blackish; faint rose outlines of veins on forewing and hindwing.“
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