CLOSED: Bright green bug ID needed

Niagara Falls, Canada

Hello, I'm brand new to this community and I'm also a newbie at gardening, I can't wait to start my new hobby.

This bug wasn't found in my garden but I would really like to know what it is. I saw this bug when I was about 8 years old so the details are a bit fuzzy but my friend and I found it crawling on a tree. We gave it to a lady in our neighbourhood and she told us it was going to eat the tree and it's a good thing we found it.

It was about 8 inches tall and 2 inches thick, it was very bright green with little spikes sticking out of its back, and on the end of the spike were coloured balls. I don't remember the legs or what the face looked like.

So what is it called, would it of eaten the tree? I'd like to know all about it.

Thanks!

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West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b)

Maybe a Cecropia moth caterpillar?

http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm

Niagara Falls, Canada

Thank you very much, that is it! It has been something I wanted to know for 14 years now!

Ripon, WI(Zone 4a)

Very interesting link about them!

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