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onalee Brooksville, FL(Zone 9a) Sep 28, 2007

This caterpillar is munching on my purple castor bean, so that may have some influence on his colors, I don't know. Do you know what it is? They are fairly short and quite wide for their length.

thanks!
Onalee

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onalee Brooksville, FL(Zone 9a) Sep 28, 2007

here's a side view

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onalee Brooksville, FL(Zone 9a) Sep 28, 2007

one more view - this is the FRONT, the back has 2 eye spots, but those pictures didn't come out in focus.

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cathy4 St. Louis County, MO(Zone 5a) Sep 28, 2007

Is he cool or what?? I don't know the name, but I sure love the pictures! Cathy

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Sep 28, 2007

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/1485/

It's a saddleback caterpillar, a moth larva. The spines can sting you!

typos...

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onalee Brooksville, FL(Zone 9a) Sep 28, 2007

Thanks! I guess I was lucky, I moved one to a different leaf so I could get a better picture and he didn't sting me! Of course, I didn't pick him up, just sort of encouraged him from the leaf to my hand and then onto another leaf. They have really COOL suckers on their undersides, too! Well, too bad they don't turn into something as cool as they are, but we have to have a few ugly ducklings to appreciate the swans!

thanks much!
Onalee

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