If these will eventually turn into nice butterflies, I'll let them go in the woods. But they will NOT be allowed back on our newly planted redbud tree!
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Another shot of Larry, Moe & Curly...
I think it's a Red-humped caterpillar moth Schizura concinna:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Snodgrass_Schizura_concinna.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/67116595
That's it, on the nose!
Thanks much, Claypa!
I found a link showing what the adult moth looks like:
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1540365
That must be Shemp
Shemp....heh heh heh.....good one, claypa.
:D
wow, those are pretty little critters, aren't they?
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