Thank you very much for the ID's. The first one is near the spot where I saw the bad-looking P. mugo subsp. rotunda about which I asked an ID too. At first I though they were both the same species because they looked similar, but when I went too look closer then I could see the cones were definitely different. Funny part is that someone else suggested in that thread where I asked for an ID that it could be P. thunbergii. So I guess both trees are similar looking indeed. The second one I think comes from a hedge close-by that was (I think) never trimmed and therefore started producing cones. The third one is almost a miracle to me. Closest Abies koreana that I'm aware of is at least a few hundred meters away from where I found it. I'm very glad I dug it out too because A. koreana was also on my wanted list. :)

The range of the Imperial Moth appears to be largely east of the Mississippi so if you are it may well be. The larva feed on a large variety of trees and shrubs but apparently not to the point of being a pest. Here is a link that might be useful: Imperial Moths

Hey everyone, I've found a few of these caterpillars firstly on blechum pyramidatum. I cannot confirm they were feeding on this, but they were definitely on the plant. Next I found another caterpillar on passiflora lavender lady. Who knows what these are. Thanks for any help. Pics attached.

Thank you for the offer and your timing is perfect. I relocated him yesterday (will explain below), hopefully I did not make things worse. I am a reformed caterpillar hater - not all caterpillars but the ones that cause problems in the garden like cutworms and hornworms, and hater is too strong of a word but hopefully you get my drift. Upon discovering a crawly creature on my plant, I've gone from cutting the leaf and tossing it far away from my vegetable plant, to cutting the plant and walking it over to a shady area and adding a few more pruned leaves and then a couple of days ago I started putting them in a wet vac canister with pruned leaves. Not sure if that is the right thing, any input is appreciated. I put 3 hornworms in the canister but one was not moving so I'm not even sure if I located 3 living caterpillars As of yesterday I saw 2 hornworms eating their hearts out and when I went to check not too long ago one was sitting on top of the leaves. I did not see the others but I did not look any deeper either. Now that me brings me to the big, red guy. When I came across him yesterday my initial thought was to add him to wet vac canister but I did not because he had white marks on him and I was not sure if those were markings or parasitic wasp larvae so I decided to put him in my compost bin which is really just a big tub and sits next to the wet vac. When I went to pick him up I discovered that the end that is under the leaves in the above picture is smashed up, I am guessing that he probably was in the tree, fell from the tree and got hurt, I don't even know if this guy has been mortally wounded but I'm invested now. Later yesterday I threw a few handfuls of leaves in the wet vac and the compost bin thinking that it may provide cover from predators, I noticed flying insects near where I discovered him and also near the compost bin but not sure if they are predators. I did not see the big, red guy yesterday when I added the leaves nor did I see him today, but I did not dig around looking for him. I did a quick online search and discovered that the Imperial Moth caterpillars dig in the ground to pupate and it seems likely that he did that in the compost bin. So my question in all this is, assuming an optimistic scenario and he is not mortally wounded, is there an estimate as to when this guy will emerge as a moth. The reason I asked is that while I will continue to add food scraps and leaves to my compost bin I will hold off stirring the compost bin to give the guy a chance to transition. How long does it take for him to transition? I just want to throw this situation out there, to get guidance, as I said I am now invested and want to see if there is anything I need to doing differently as it relates to the ig, red guy or the hornworms. Thanks.