I found this 'lil one on a pot's rim. Here it's on some dried leaves:
Caterpillar I.D. Please.
I put the 'lil one up on my viburnum:
Directly overhead is a large Sweetgum tree, could this be an actias luna larvae? Please help I.D. I'll make an attempt to raise the thing indoor for I've nesting birds frequent the area.
Kim
Lily...Try the sulphurs on this site. Click the link on the left.
http://www.dallasbutterflies.com/
And here are the luna moth cat pictures...you could be on to something. If you had the wind we have been having it may have blown out of the SG tree!
http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26p%3Dluna%2Bmoth%2Bcaterpillar%2Bpicture%26type%3Diechrog&w=500&h=375&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F1203%2F711574303_ec4ffd6aa0.jpg&size=89.1kB&name=711574303_ec4ffd6aa0.jpg&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Flerxst-ohio%2F711574303%2F&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Flerxst-ohio%2F711574303%2F&p=luna+moth+caterpillar&type=jpeg&no=1&tt=188&oid=463c6e0e38d3431a&fusr=Lerxst+Ohio&hurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Flerxst-ohio%2F&tit=Luna+Moth+Caterpillar&sigr=11jhamrug&sigi=11f53jup6&sigb=12k2ncal1&sigh=11919f70l
This message was edited Apr 10, 2009 12:09 AM
Sheila, thank you for the link. I looked at the Tx. site and pretty convinced that it maybe a Large Orange sulpher. Many thanks.