New caterpillar
Checking for monarch caterpillars, we discovered an unfamiliar one munching on goldenrod:
I snapped the picture with my phone, then came home and searched my caterpillar guide and the internet to identify it. The moth is quite drab, but the caterpillar is bright and active. Other than that, I haven’t been able to unearth much information about it.
2 Comments
Karl Zedell
Hi!
Is it a patriotic caterpillar? What colors! Can’t find one on Google!
Karl
Janet
Hi Karl,
There is a beautiful picture of one here: http://www.harpercollege.edu/ls-hs/bio/dept/guide/gallery/caterpillars/original/brown-hooded_owlet_moth.jpg
And there is some info here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/214
…and here:
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10202
It was so bright, I was surprised that I’d never seen one before!