CLOSED: caterpiller , friend or foe ?

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digger9083 Dahlonega, GA Jul 17, 2010

Does this thing need to be smushed ? Does it sting , or create a pest later ?

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digger9083 Dahlonega, GA Jul 17, 2010

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Jul 17, 2010

Good Guy, will turn into a Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly. eats Aristolochia/Pipevine plants as caterpillar

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digger9083 Dahlonega, GA Jul 17, 2010

I don't there's any food like that around here. Dogwood , sourwood ,oak ,blueberries,kiwi,found him crawling on the ground around dead cut up pine trees . Any thing else they eat ?

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Sheila_FW Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 17, 2010

No, they only eats plants in that family. Do you have the plant called Snakeroot in the area?
More than likely it is time for it to pupate or it ran out of food. If you call nurseries in your area, you may can get a pipevine plant....just DON'T buy the A. Giantea, it is toxic to the caterpillars.
Try to get Wooly pipevine, Fimbriata, or the Serpentaria. I may be off on the spelling but close enough someone should know.

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digger9083 Dahlonega, GA Jul 17, 2010

Just reading up on them and seems it might be ready to pupate. Ill turn it loose in the morning on and in a safe area , a honeysuckle covered area with Virginia creepers for it to pupate . That's what the research says they do. I'm just not up on these fuzzy crawlers, but have lots of azalias and butterfly bushes for it later . I've seen them here every year . Now to eliminate that wasp/hornet that attacts them . Thank you !

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