This fellow is a new one for me. Can someone ID him?
Who dares to eat my zinnias?
Looks like an armyworm, perhaps the yellow-striped armyworm.
Here's a link for you:
http://www.gaipm.org/top50/yellowstriped.html
That was quick! Thanks! I knew I had seen a pic of it before. Not sure what I'll do with it now tho. I rarely ever dispose of them. Maybe I'll throw him over into the neighbor's yard. LOL!
You're welcome. It helps to have a bugologist husband. :-) All I had to do was describe it and he knew immediately without seeing it!
BTW, your neighbors probably have plenty of their own armyworms, but they should go away soon on their own (per husband and according to info on one website I visited), unless, of course, you keep throwing yours into their yard...LOL
Oh, lucky you having a "bugologist" husband! I'll try not to bombard you with questions I don't have time to look up. ;) I could be back today with another one. They seem to love coming out on our hot sunny days. (you know what those are like!)
I usually do know my own creatures but this guy is new. I think the neighbor's yard will not mind at all since there is no one living in the house but there are plants still growing, barely.
Ask away anytime! I'd hate for my husband's education to go to waste! ;-)) LOL That is a definite yes to the hot, sunny days and it's only going to get hotter with no rain in sight. Ugh. Throw some unknown bugs at me so I can ask hubby to ID 'em for ya...
how about this caterpillar Hill5422http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/610052/
I clicked on the link and it didn't work. Try posting it again.
I found your thread. I'll ask hubby and let you know what he says. ;-)
Hmmm...ever wonder if your neighbor is tossing their army worms into your yard? Imagine that...ya'll are probably tossing the same bugger back and forth!!! Heh! Heh!
I don't like to kill pesky caterpillars like army worms...but I toss those over the back fence into a grassy alley. :o)
Hill...what an advantage you have! You're a lucky dawg!!! A hubby who knows his bugs!!!
I usually browse through a variety of books or the internet when I come across something I can't identify...and if that doesn't work I ask the USDA guys at work :o) and if that doesn't work I end up emailing an entomologist up in Austin.
~ Cat