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1. poggy wrote:

   hello, my name is Eileen and i just found your website today and i have to say it is awesome! the reason i even came across your website, is that i had found a beautiful pink caterpillar. now mine looks similar to this one, but not exact. i wish i could take a picture, but i cant right now. i might be able to post one later. it is this shade of pink almost, bit it has hot pink dots the size of a pin head and then theres short little yellow hairs coming out from around the hot pink dots. more scattered, not really clustered. it has a bright yellow ring around its butt. i see 6 black stick like legs in the front and maybe only suction type feet for the rest of his body. there is also a light orange line going down the length of his body with tiny light orange spots right above it also down the length of his body. he also has a gray to black belly. mine doesnt have the same face as the one in this picture. there are no 2 black dots that look like eyes. he’s a rounded face with a orange line tracing his face. what i would like to know is what it is and what they eat. im in cleveland TN and i found him by my porch on the ground in the red dirt, rocks and mulch. there is only a maple tree and pecan tree where i found him, also a little basil plant not very big though at all. also i’d like to know if he will turn into a moth or butterfly? thank you for this awesome website!

   Posted 29 Aug 2010 at 1:55 pm ¶
2. bugman wrote:

   Hi Eileen,
   Generally, when caterpillars turn pink they are getting ready to pupate. Though we are not certain what you found, it would probably like to bury itself to continue metamorphosis and it is probably not interested in food.

   Posted 29 Aug 2010 at 2:13 pm ¶

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