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Mystery Caterpillar

Any idea who I am?

[img]https://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/knitness/Garden/DSC_0004.jpg[/img]

and if I'm allowed in Nes' garden :)

I spotted him crawling along beside the beans
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I believe you are looking at a Gypsy Moth. You should report it to the propper department and destroy. :evil:

Double check first :)
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Maybe to much red to be Gypsy moth. More then 6 rows of two
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Nope not a gypsy moth, although it definitely looks like a moth caterpillar to me.

That interesting though, I've definitely seen both gypsy moths & gypsy moth caterpillars before & had no idea they were bad :?.
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Someone else found it for me :)

It's a white satin moth!

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucoma_salicis[/url]
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Well done. :D Looks like they can do some damage also.
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Yes, but he isn't after my veggies - just our poplar, which is quite well established & can stand up to them. I actually went to grab a leaf off the poplar & found another caterpillar! :O

I don't know if I should do anything about him or not since they are an invasive species but don't seem to be a huge problem. They are probably the reason why the Robin pair have been so happily hopping around my garden! :D
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You know what? That's the one thing I've yet to find in my garden is a caterpillar ::?:. If I do find one, it will probably be of the standard red and black variety. Any idea if these are friend or foe (just figured I'd ask since there seems to be a few caterpillar-knowledgeable folks in this thread).
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The most common around here is the Wooly Bear Caterpillar. Tiger Moth

The heavier the fur the colder the winter. :D

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Caterpillars/WoolyBear.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Caterpillars/index.html&usg=__k_SQ-BUr630tTmdC8vKLWE4oJOk=&h=864&w=1152&sz=277&hl=en&start=4&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=-5LWA4Pt8DhfRM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwooly%2Bbear%2Bcaterpillar%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1
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I love wolly bears, they are so cute! :)

I've been finding more grubs than anything this year. I'm just glad we don't have tent caterpillars *shiver*


[url]https://www.discoverlife.org/[/url] has some good butterfly/caterpillar ID.
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looks like we both got the spelling wrong. Woolly Bear.

double "O" double "L"

We have the nasty Tent caterpillars. :x Mostly in the Alder trees. I have found a few tents in the Orchard. :evil:


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