I found this on a Physocarpus opulifolius 'Coppertina' (ninebark). Can anyone ID this?
What kind of larvae?
Another view...
Possibly a younger version found nearby on the same bush..
The first thing I saw is simply a moth species which larvae feed on leaves of Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) and probably gooseberry (Ribes spp.) But no larvae pictures to back it up......but maybe a start.....
referenced here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/24345
There are two records in BFiles with the same genus, but no record of this species is ID'd yet in Bfiles.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bbugorder%5D=Lepidoptera&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=Geometridae&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=Eulithis&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&Search=Search
my guess would be in the Genus Paonias ....
but certainly a guess. Your cat looks like a hornworm type cat, which would narrow it down into the Sphinx family of moths.....
See all the species here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3712/bgimage
Thank you, pford. Those Paonias are very cool. I was hoping it'd be something striking.
I also posted on the Bug and Spider forum and got this reply: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/917310/
great. sounds like you have a match in the noctuid moths in the genus Acronicta.
thanks for sharing.