Any idea on their ID?

Posted on 07/25/2007 by PaulaO

Lorna’s curiosity is overtaking her about these caterpillars. They’re on someone’s mailbox. Anyone know what they are? Most are around 2-3″ but some are at least 4″.

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Elena says:

07/26/2007 at 1:28 am

http://insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/images/cd-43-c-txt/cimg305.html

http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=2158071
PaulaO says:

07/26/2007 at 3:37 am

So it is some sort of butterfly caterpillar? Cool.
Elena says:

07/26/2007 at 7:24 pm

Only if you consider a tree devouring moth to be a butterfly.

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/enpl/bulletins/catalpasphinx/catalpasphinx.htm

They make great fish bait.
PaulaO says:

07/27/2007 at 8:06 am

Lorna got some more photos of them yesterday. And when she first spoke to the house owner about them, the first thing he said was that they use them for fish bait.

Here is their natural control method: parasitic wasps

The stripped down Catalba/Catawba tree:

Another Catalba tree about 30 feet away:

The black leaves hanging off the stripped one is from the hail storms we’ve had. There are trees all around with those.

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