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shannon71 San Diego, CA Jun 20, 2007

This little critter has been helping himself to my veggies. Although coloring is not brilliant, he's still kind'a cute. Any idea what he might be?

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shannon71 San Diego, CA Jun 20, 2007

And one more pic...

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Razorback04 Fayetteville, AR Jun 22, 2007

Shannon,

I'm no expert, but he looks like some kind of cutworm to me. If so, he's definitely not a "garden-friendly" guest.

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Jun 22, 2007

I agree, maybe a Variegated Cutworm. If it is, it will have a dark 'W' near the tail end and a light yellow dot on the back of most body segments.

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shannon71 San Diego, CA Jun 22, 2007

Thanks to you both for responding! I guess I better find the little bugger and let my bearded dragon have aword with it. She'd be most happy to! Let me compare some photos and if it is a cutworm, I'll close this. Thanks again.

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Jun 22, 2007

Shannon, here's what to look for:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://entomology.unl.edu/charts/vcwchart.jpg&imgrefurl=http://entomology.unl.edu/charts/vcwchart.htm&h=450&w=600&sz=64&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=wo5UcSZngpIxCM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvariegated%2Bcutworm%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den

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Sheanie Jul 15, 2007

Shannon: That's the kind of bug that is best seen squashed on the bottom of your shoe. LOL

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