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Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: orange larvae on a milkweed, 1 by sallyg

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sallyg wrote:
They are about an inch, orange with black dots. They have been there about two weeks, 3 pairs pointy legs, 5 prs suckery legs. Kind of skeletonizing, leaving some veins as opp to eating whole leaves, and leaving silk as they go. Feeding on what I think is a milkweed, but I haven't been able to find it in my book. This plant previously had milkweeed moth caters. Also curious about the ID of this plant which I've seen wild and came wild into my yard. Hope the picture works- my first...