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Doe anyone know what this is?
- It looks caterpillar-ish, has huge compound-looking eyes, so am thinking moth?
- Not apparent, but has sort of forked/pincered end to abdomen....
- it is very skinny though — like thin round bamboo chopstick (maybe 1/4 inch?) unlike most moth caterpillars. Approx 2 inches long.
- It’s on a volunteer fruit treelet — maybe plum or crabapple — I can’t tell at the moment.

Closest match I’ve found so far are Double-lined Prominent (not exact match) or possibly THIS Speckled Green Fruitworm ID’d on this page, though mine does not match other photos around the Internet. I came across the page while comparing with other owletmoth caterpillars.

https://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/c ... rs/page/4/

Speckled Green Fruitworm, Orthosia hibisci, a species of Cutworm that is profiled on BugGuide where hosts plants are listed as: “decidious trees and shrubs including: apple, crabapple, cherries, plums, poplar, maple, willow and white birch.”

It was still there today, so I took another photo —

can you put it in a jar to see what it turns in to? (in case it turns out to be something you don't want in your garden).