Are these a good or bad caterpillers?

These are on my lilies. I don't know if the are caterpillers that turn in to butterflies or what. Someone please help. They are eating my plants ,so for only the lilies, but I can deal with it if they make beautiful butterflies. Plese help.

I don't know who they are but spray every day with dish soap and water or garlic juice and water . Maybe they will move on . I teaspoon to a wind ex size bottle of water

As a general rule, the more colorful caterpillars make the pretty butterflies. But I don't know what kind they are.

They're eating only lilies? What kind in particular?

Take a lok at this and see what you think http://www.javajane.co.uk/Smooth/slides/PseudosphinxTetrio.html

This message was edited Jun 12, 2005 9:32 PM

those look an awful like them. I'm not sure. Any imformation on them all i could find was the picture.

wow, that's nuts.

http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/ptetrio.htm

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/usa/1101.htm

http://www.killerplants.com/plant-of-the-week/20021111.asp

Killerplants is pretty interesting ~ I found it last night. The link I provided is for a pseudosphinx moth, not a pretty butterfly.

I am not good on names but I call it an old fashioned lily i beleive it is actually in the amarylis family it has pink blooms light pink with a darker pink stripe down the bloom. The blades are wide and dark green. Thank you all for the help if it is a moth I believe I will do more than the soapy water ( which I just did). Thank you all for the help

Good heavens! It looks like and invasion of aliens! They look huge. I think I might freak out if I went outside and saw that many of those guys hanging out on my lilies.

Totally creeped me out. I'd have to wipe them out on sight!