Another member identified this for you as "Sophora Worm or Genista Worm, Uresiphita reversalis." Hope that helps. Brenda

That's one of the many leaf-roller caterpillars. Messy, aren't they? And yes, the dark pellets are frass (insect poop). The adults will be a rather plain moth...and that's when the egg laying comes in. Those teeny babies nicely pictured in that one image hatched from eggs laid on that leaf. If you learn to look for the small eggs and remove them, you'll not have the caterpillars. Bt can be used to control this caterpillar pest, though it is not particularly effective when they are at the large stage. It's most helpful on the little guys. Bt is relatively safe to use (some people have allergic reaction), and is easily washed off. These (and other) caterpillars have a very wide array of natural predators and parasites to help you keep them under control. Rather than cutting away branches and tons of leaves, just remove the caterpillars. They don't sting or bite. And do an egg search. Attached is a fact sheet about the specific leaf-roller I believe yours to be. Florida is one of the many states in which it is found. The squiggly lines pictured in a couple of your images are from leaf miners, very commonly found in tomatoes. Simply remove affected leaves....or just ignore them. They rarely do enough damage to cause problems for the crop. Here is a link that might be useful: Click here

Well, it must be a salt marsh moth. The picture link the other person posted at the pond/aquatic plants forum made the fuzz look darker than they really are. Your link shows both colors and mine look mostly white like the one towards the center of the search results screen. They moths are pretty. I have pipevine swallowtails and the smaller ones start off a dark brown, but as they grow and expand, they are more orangish-brown. Thanks to both of you for your help. I think I needed multiple people show me that it is definitely the salt marsh moth, but I wouldn't have thought they would be so far north judging by their name. ;-)

They are eating a Willow,i've counted five so far! A friend has suggested it maybe a puss moth caterpillar?! I know very little of this subject so i'll try to get a better photo of their markings to help