I find 1 of these every year. This is the first time I actually got a picture though.
ID please
It looks like the Polyphemus moth caterpillar, but there are many that resemble each other.
http://pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?see=I_DLW6_1&res=640
Josephine.
Thank you! It looked like a horned worm w/o the horn. Do they over-winter in the ground? It was so cute, fat and soft feeling.
They make a cocoon rolled up on a leaf and overwinter in there, they come out in the spring.
I have 11 of them right now, and they are bog eaters, they are one of the silk moths and they are beautiful, I will have to overwinter these guys till spring.
Here is more info,
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3290