Subject: 2013 Backyard bird and butterfly (and dragonfly too) watchingapplestar wrote: ...and this caterpillar I don't recognize on the old picnic bench
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I just HAD to make a comparison between the caterpillar I found in my backyard in 2013 ...and this anime character from BLEACH....applestar wrote:Ah ha! It's this one, I think:
Turbulent Phosphila Moth Caterpillar
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/20048113
It says their host plant is greenbrier, so you may have some in your woods, rainbowgardener.
...according to bug guide, it's related to cutworms and the adult moth is amazingly plain considering the larval form.... I guess it explains the bare, thorny smilax vines with no leaves at all that I sometimes find growing..
https://bugguide.net/node/view/27876/bgimage
...I *almost* want to go back outside and see if it's still there so I can turn it over to see the yellow belly-- I didn't see that because I was ony looking at it from directly above.
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