Subject: Identification
Geographic location of the bug: Howick kzn
Date: 04/10/2018
Time: 08:50 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Attached are two pics. The one of a little creature which seems to be invading the garden at the moment …. looks like a kind of shongulolo (spell) because it curls ina little ball and poos on your hand …. we are not killing them but just interested where they might be coming from and what they are? Second pic of a caterpillar we found walking the dogs… was under a plane tree and unfortunately many of them had been squashed in the road… quite sad … such lovely colors but wandering which butterfly\moth they might be… thanks very much xxxx
How you want your letter signed: Elizabeth
Dear Elizabeth,
This is an Emperor Moth Caterpillar, Nudaurelia wahlbergi. The adult moth is pictured on African Moths, and information on the caterpillar can be found on Silkmoths and More.