What kind of caterpillar??
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Carol Pellman on Aug 16, 2013It looks like a hummingbird mothHelpful Reply
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Sheila Suarez on Aug 16, 2013really !!!! That's awesome if that's what it is!! At least that will give me a start of where to dig up info !!! Thanks Carol !!Helpful Reply
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Trish on Aug 16, 2013to me it looks like a tomato booreHelpful Reply
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Patricia W on Aug 16, 2013Tomato Hornworm.Helpful Reply
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Arlene Murrell on Aug 17, 2013Tomato worm. It will eat all your tomatoes. Signs to look for are stripped leaves and partially eaten tomatoes on your vines and large brown droppings. My understanding is it is a small, white butterfly that produces them.Helpful Reply
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Jennifer Pospichal on Aug 17, 2013No, don't harm it! Tomato hornworms have diagonal slash marks on their sides, and a pronounced fleshy horn-like appendage at their back end. This looks more like a Luna caterpillar (those gorgeous green Saturniid moths.) They have little bristly hairs which Tomato Hornworms lack. They can have very pale yellow stripes on their sides, but there is some variability in that. Here is a good picture: http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/Insects/Luna%20Moth/welch-larva2.jpg Unfortunately, the slightly dark color and those white ovals on the front end of the caterpillar make me think it might have been parasitized (by a Tachinid fy). That would be sad.Helpful Reply
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Jennifer Pospichal on Aug 17, 2013Oops, I forgot the brown one. It looks a lot like Schizura unicornis (yeah, a unicorn-- heh!) They generally have a band of green near the front. I can't see whether yours does, but if not, and if you don't think it's S. unicornis, it could be a closely related species. Caterpillars can be a bit variable in their coloring depending on their environment (and probably genetics, too). Another look-- yours seems to have a horizontal line, so maybe not unicornis, but I'd check out related species. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QiKRfBOZdIg/UDFzl0rlx8I/AAAAAAAADU8/IFVxRWjOsC0/s400/unicorn+cat.jpgHelpful Reply
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Sheila Suarez on Aug 18, 2013Yep!! That sounds like a unicorn to me!!! I will have to look that up online ! I finally let the caterpillar go because I didn't know what to feed it but I still have the picture!!!!! I have one field guide on caterpillars and didn't see it in the whole book........wonder if I overlooked it now, LOL....I will now go back and check!!!! Thanks Jennifer!!Helpful Reply
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Sheila Suarez on Aug 18, 2013well I've had a Luna Caterpillar before and I really don't think it's that one,.......someone told my sister they thought it was an Imperial Moth caterpillar but I looked those up in my books and I didn't think it was that either! I will look at the site you sent! Thank you so much!Helpful Reply
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Sheila Suarez on Aug 18, 2013.....don't think it's a tomato worm either, had those before too......this one has too many hairs on it and the markings are different. I love these huge caterpillars! they are such a mystery! Thanks jlum !Helpful Reply
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Stephanie Council on Apr 03, 2015I think it's an achemon sphinx caterpillar http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/09/04/two-achemon-sphinx-caterpillars-and-a-zephyr-eyed-silkmoth-caterpillar/Helpful Reply
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Idyllic Pursuit on Apr 03, 2015Looks familiarHelpful Reply
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