Garden Pests and Diseases: Yuuuuck Red and Black catepiller, 1 by kokopelli

kokopelli wrote:
Oh yuuuuck I have no idea what this is. I took eight shots and this is the best picture I got. I thought I had aphids which I might. But, there is also this gross red and black wormy looking thing chomping down on the leaves of one of my cherry trees. What I thought was a horrible infestation of black aphids is waste from this bug. I put these in spring of 2000. They have set fruit alrady. Argggggh. I have not wanted to spray. Oh man! Help!