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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
CATERPILLARS
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