My grandaughter was elated when she found it. I'd like to show her a photo of what it would turn into. I hope its not some icky undesireable destructive moth or something!
Thanks!
Can someone ID this fuzzy yellow caterpillar?
Seed, I think it's an American Dagger moth cat. He's pretty
Not sure but it looks very much like the caterpillars I raised. They were feeding on duranta repens. They did not do very much damage as they are big bushes. They are a nuisance to me as I was looking for caterpillars of the rare marius hairstreak butterflies that were feeding on my duranta last September. Each time I tracked the frass trail I ended up finding one of them. Phooey! I still raised about ten of them and set them free...but I'd rather raise butterflies!
They ended up being small moths...tiger family I think. I will post a photo of the caterpillar, the cocoon and one of the moths that eclosed.
~ Cat
Here's the catepillar
This message was edited Sep 3, 2006 2:38 PM
The cocoon...
The moth...small...about 1" in length.
