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Caterpillar ID help, please

Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)

5 years ago

Once again, I am not getting anywhere. Hope one of you knows these guys.

They are on willow. I looked through all kinds of pictures of possibilities without a match.

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The Logician LLC

5 years ago

Perhaps Io moth.

https://bugguide.net/node/view/434244/bgimage

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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
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5 years ago
It has grown some.
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Thanks for the response. I actually went to google first and came up empty handed. I even came across the key you linked to and was unsuccessful. Perhaps I should give it another try.
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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
Original Author
5 years ago
Changed a lot!
Talking to myself here, but it’s really cool.
javiwa
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Not at all, Iris...I'm a-lurkin'. :)

I just did a Google image search and ended up here, crecopia moth. Hope this is a good starting point for you.

(Your image, just flipped and brightened ^^)
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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
Original Author
5 years ago
Well, that would be fantastic, too. I wish there would be a book or website showing all Instars. Would be a really big book though. Isn’t it interesting how some of them change so much? Even with a tiny Monarch you know it’s a Monarch.
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The Logician LLC
5 years ago
Could be Cecropia; spine structure is different and what is going with the black back end; is that a shadow?
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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
Original Author
5 years ago
There are two caterpillars. In the second picture, it’s not a shadow. Do they walk out of their skin growing? I have no idea, but that what it looked like. A pile of discarded clothes. I check on them every day. Always getting nervous if I don’t see them at first. Wonder if these were the eggs.
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aristolochia7
5 years ago
Definitely cecropia moth cats and those are the eggs they hatched from.
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