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Why did a Caterpillar Crossed the Road?

WOOLLY BEAR or FUZZY BEAR caterpillars  - ISABELLA TIGER MOTH CATERPILLAR:  ( Pyrrharctia Isabella).
Up to 2" long, very brave little creatures -
are often found crawling across roads or sidewalks in the fall after they have left their food-plants
in search of a dark and sheltered spot ...

... where they can hibernate for the winter.

With springtime warmth, the caterpillars again become active, feeding for a brief time and then fashioning cocoons out of silk and body hairs.
TIGER MOTH usually emerge from cocoons 2 to 3 weeks later. It is a beautiful moth, golden yellow colored. I hope to have a photo for you - one day ....

Very Hungry TOBACCO HORNWORM of a beautiful CAROLINA SPHINX MOTH  (Manduca Sexta )  - Eating up my tomatoes bushes down to the bare stalks!!!










Tobacco Hornworm  (above)
it is closely related to - and often confused with - a very similar
  TOMATO HORNWORM of a FIVE-SPOTTED
HAWKMOTH    (Manduca Quinquemaculata) below:

                         
TOMATO HORNWORM have eight V-shaped markings & black horn      TOBACCO HORNWORM have seven diagonal lines on its sides & red horn.
( I have never seen Tomato Hornworm - I found this photo above on Google )        


FIVE-SPOTTED HAWK MOTH (Manduca
Quinquemaculata) below - about 3" long - look at her gorgeous "furry" coat !
PHOTOS COURTESY OF Mr. EDMUND LEWANDOWSKI, CALIFORNIA.

SOME OTHER CATERPILLARS - CRAWLING IN MANY COLORS

 

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