imperial moth caterpillar
Hey BugMan!
Check out our Imperial Moth Caterpillar! This was found by a volunteer at our annual Beach Sweep River Sweep at Saluda Shoals Park. PS The rangers love the site and use it a lot. Keep up the great work!
Jay Robinson
Interpretive Park Ranger
Saluda Shoals Park
Columbia SC
Hi Jay,
It thrills us to know that Rangers use our site. We are also very proud to have just received our own honorary Los Angeles Urban Rangers patch because of a talk we did at one of their rambles at the Los Angeles County Fair. Your Imperial Moth Caterpillar is a fine specimen.
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Bugman,
We found this caterpillar in our yard in South Salem, New York. Is it a cecropia moth? Thank you
The Butlers
Hi Butlers,
This is not a Cecropia Moth, but another Giant Silkmoth, the Luna Moth Caterpillar.
whats this bug
hello.
we would like to find out what this bug is. it is yellow and has green suction cup feet with 2 blue spots on each segment of his body. he looks similar to a caterpillar. he has cartoonish looking black lines and spots on his head and around his eyes. we’ve never seen anything like this. thanks
katie and kapri
Hi Katie and Kapri,
This is a Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar. They often turn from green to orange just before getting ready to metamorphose into a chrysalis.
Bug of interest
Found your web site while looking to identify the attached “bug”. My wife and I were on vacation Sept. 15th in the Blue Ridge Parkway and found this little fellow on the side of the car while parked at a picnic area located at about 3600 feet elevation. We photographed him/her, put him on a near by berry tree and moved on up the parkway. At another stop we found a second one stuck to the side of the car. We were traveling through an area of the parkway on which the trees hang directly over the roadway. Watched it for a while and after deciding that it wasn’t going to move on its own, we moved it to safer location and we moved on. Didn’t see anymore of these fellows at the lower elevations. Having looked over your web site, I thought you might like a copy of the “bug”. Thanks for being out there… our young people need to stay in touch with nature more.
Terry Willis
Hi Terry,
This is a Monkey Slug Caterpillar, and you are lucky you did not get stung as they have stinging spines. We often get reports that people encounter them when they drop onto their cars.
I know you’re busy, but look at my new buddy!
So I brought my pond plants inside over a week ago since the temps have started dropping rapidly. Today, I noticed a creature munching on my lizard’s tail plant. I really dig catepillars, so I don’t want to let him go outside because it’s been frosting at night. Can you give me an ID when you get a chance? This guy hails from west-central Illinois. I’m thinking that it’s some sort of Sphinx moth? I was tapping his rear to get him to move off of his leaf and he turned around and tried to get my finger!! I think I’ll set him up in an enclosure of some kind for I fear that he’ll perish in the temps right now. Thank you for your time, I appreciate it, and just like everyone else, I’m OBSESSED with WTB
Erika
Hi Erika,
We have always just generically referred to this group of Owlet Moth Caterpillars in the family Noctuidae as Cutworms. BugGuide likes the more specific name Armyworm. Here is what Charles Hogue writes about the group: “All are general feeders and will eat most kinds of low-growing herbaceous vegetation, including grasses. The adults are all drab brown or gray moths with pale translucent hind wings. The fore wings have varied markings, but in many species there are noticeable found and kedney-shaped spots near the leading edge.” They are called Cutworms because they will cut a newly sprouted plant at soil level killing it. They are called Armyworms as they are sometimes found in large numbers that travel like army troops..
I would like to provide you with decent photos of the “Hickory Horned Devil”
I thought you may like a nice shot of this little critter (well, since its the largest in America, he’s not so little)
Anyway, Thanks for the info, you guys are how I found out what this guy was!! Please, if you can, reply so I will know where to go see my pics, if you use them!! Thanks again!br> Tasha L. Holden
Powder Springs, GA
Hi Tasha,
When we first post letters, on an average of 4 per day, they go to our homepage at www.whatsthatbug.com and afterwards, they are added to the extensive archive devoted to more specific pages. You will continue to find your letter and image on Caterpillars 7.
Caterpillars
My name is Jessica Mangus. I am attaching some pictures of some very interesting caterpillars we found in our morning glories. As you can see, they are quite large (4″ to 5″ long) and very oddly colored. The horn you see is on the back end. I have attempted to find them on several web sites and have had no luck. They are completely destroying my morning glories, but, before exterminating them, I wanted to know what they are. It may be better to relocate them, or possibly even sacrifice my flowers. If you can be of any assistance, please contact me as soon as possible. Thank you.
Jessica Mangus
Odessa, Texas
Hi Jessica,
Your caterpillars with metamorphose into the lovely Pink Spotted Hawkmoth, Agrius cingulatus. This is the brown form of the caterpillar. More information can be found on Bill Oehlke’s excellent website.
Brown Bug
Hi,
We found this bug outside of the Boys and Girls Club in Kelowna British Columbia. The kids want to know what it is – perhaps a Tersa Sphinx? Thanks a bunch!
Heather Painchaud
Hi Heather,
This is a Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar.
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