Butterfly Caterpillars Photo Gallery by Tom Murray at pbase.com

Butterfly Caterpillars

Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor	Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor	Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes	Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes early instar	Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes	Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes
Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes (chrysalis)	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar - Papilio glaucus	Canadian Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar - Papilio canadensis	Canadian Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar - Papilio canadensis
Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus	Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus (fourth instar)	Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus (fourth instar)	Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus (fourth instar)	Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus (third instar)	Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus (third instar)
Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus (second instar)	Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus (second instar)	Cabbage White - Pieris rapae	Cabbage White - Pieris rapae	Cabbage White chrysalis - Pieris rapae	Gray Marble - Anthocharis lanceolata
Gray Marble - Anthocharis lanceolata	Orange or Clouded Sulphur - Colias sp.	Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae	Cloudless Sulphur caterpillar (Phoebis sennae)	Cloudless Sulphur caterpillar (Phoebis sennae)	Harvester caterpillar - Feniseca tarquinius
Harvester caterpillar with aphids - Feniseca tarquinius	Mariposa Copper - Lycaena mariposa	Mariposa Copper - Lycaena mariposa	Mariposa Copper - Lycaena mariposa	Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus	Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus
Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus	Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus	Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus	Banded Hairstreak - Satyrium calanus	Banded Hairstreak - Satyrium calanus	Banded Hairstreak - Satyrium calanus
Banded Hairstreak - Satyrium calanus	Striped Hairstreak - Satyrium liparops	Striped Hairstreak - Satyrium liparops	Eastern Pine Elfin - Callophrys niphon	Eastern Pine Elfin - Callophrys niphon	Eastern Tailed-Blue - Cupido comyntas
Eastern Tailed-Blue - Cupido comyntas	Eastern Tailed-Blue - Cupido comyntas	Lucia Azure - Celastrina lucia	Lucia Azure - Celastrina lucia	Spring Azure - Celastrina ladon	Spring Azure - Celastrina ladon
Cherry Gall Azure - Celastrina serotina (tended by an ant)	Cherry Gall Azure - Celastrina serotina (tended by an ant)	Cherry Gall Azure - Celastrina serotina (tended by an ant)	Summer Azure - Celastrina neglecta (tended by an ant)	Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae	Variegated Fritillary - Euptoieta claudia
Great Spangled Fritillary - Speyeria cybele	Harris' Checkerspot - Chlosyne harrisii	Harris' Checkerspot - Chlosyne harrisii	Harris' Checkerspot - Chlosyne harrisii	baby Baltimore Checkerspots - Euphydryas phaeton	Baltimore Checkerspot caterpillars on Turtlehead - Euphydryas phaeton
Baltimore Checkerspot - Euphydryas phaeton	Baltimore Checkerspot caterpillar on turtlehead - Euphydryas phaeton	Crimson Patch - Chlosyne janais	Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia	Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia	Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia
Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis	Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis	Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis	Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis	Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis	Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis
Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis	Eastern Comma - Polygonia comma	Eastern Comma - Polygonia comma	Eastern Comma - Polygonia comma	Eastern Comma - Polygonia comma	young Milbert's Tortoiseshells - Nymphalis milberti on stinging nettle
Compton Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis vaualbum	Compton Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis vaualbum	Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa	Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa	American Lady - Vanessa virginiensis	American Lady - Vanessa virginiensis
American Lady - Vanessa virginiensis	Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui	Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui	Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta	Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta	Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta
Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta	Red-spotted Purple - Limenitis arthemis	Red-spotted Purple - Limenitis arthemis	Red-Spotted Purple - Limenitis arthemis	White Admiral - Limenitis arthemis arthemis	White Admiral - Limenitis arthemis arthemis
White Admiral - Limenitis arthemis arthemis	Viceroy - Limenitis archippus	Viceroy caterpillar - Limenitis archippus	Limenitis hibernaculum	Limenitis sp.	Limenitis sp.
Doxocopa sp. - Emperor butterfly	Northern Pearly-Eye - Enodia anthedon	Northern Pearly-Eye - Enodia anthedon	Northern Pearly-Eye - Lethe anthedon	Northern Pearly-Eye - Lethe anthedon	Eyed Brown - Satyrodes eurydice
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) early instar	Monarch chrysalis	Monarch (Danaus plexippus)	Monarch - Danaus plexippus	Monarch - Danaus plexippus	Queen caterpillar - Danaus gilippus
Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus	Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus	Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus	Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus	Silver-spotted Skipper egg - Epargyreus clarus	Dreamy Duskywing - Erynnis icelus
Dreamy Duskywing - Erynnis icelus	Dreamy Duskywing - Erynnis icelus	Dreamy Duskywing - Erynnis icelus	Dreamy Duskywing - Erynnis icelus	Dreamy Duskywing - Erynnis icelus	Juvenal's Duskywing - Erynnis juvenalis
Juvenal's Duskywing - Erynnis juvenalis	Juvenal's Duskywing - Erynnis juvenalis	Wild Indigo Duskywing - Erynnis baptisiae (Braconid wasp parasitic pupa with it)	Wild Indigo Duskywing - Erynnis baptisiae	Wild Indigo Duskywing - Erynnis baptisiae	Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
Arctic Skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon	Arctic Skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon	Least Skipper - Ancyloxypha numitor	Least Skipper - Ancyloxypha numitor	Least Skipper - Ancyloxypha numitor	European Skipper - Thymelicus lineola
European Skipper - Thymelicus lineola	European Skipper caterpillar - Thymelicus lineola	European Skipper caterpillar - Thymelicus lineola	European Skipper pupa - Thymelicus lineola	Hobomok Skipper - Poanes hobomok	grass skipper
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio canadensis	Banded Hairstreak - Satyrium calanus

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Kevin Brown		07-Aug-2018 16:08
Kevin I have seen a caterpillar in my hedge.It is light green in colour,with dark brown/red and white diagonal lines on the top.It has a barbon top of its tail.It is about 2.5"long & about 1/2 to 3/4" thick.Any ideas what this might be? Thanks.

Sophia		25-Apr-2016 17:07
They also produce this silk string that's barely visible and if they fall they kinda use it so the impact of the fall doesn't hurt them

Sophia		25-Apr-2016 16:52
They are also like, 2 cm

Sophia		25-Apr-2016 16:47
I can't find my caterpillar, I found it outside my house on my trampoline. I believe it apparently fell out of the tree looking for a place to build its cocoon. But my caterpillars are small and the ones that are bigger, aren't even close to the size of my finger. They have this beautiful autumn color, lime green, orange and red. They aren't spiky or really furry. Help please bcuz I have so many and I have no idea what to give them.

Guest		06-Sep-2015 08:06
I have one with a blue tail and is brown

Necia		23-Aug-2015 15:30
I'd like to post a picture of a caterpillar that I'm unable to identify, but I'm needing help figuring out how to post a photo. Thank you,

Guest		05-Jul-2015 10:36
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hi sup		29-May-2015 17:45
my school got some caterpillars for our class they are black and brown and they are kind of fuzzy and their names are Black Beauty and Caveman but what type of caterpillars are they please tell me

Guest		25-May-2015 20:03
I amthe person who commented before it under this one I saved of from ants trying to eat it!

Guest		25-May-2015 19:57
I found this caterpillar that is a dark brown and has black and orange eyes with white stripes down its back. Help??

Branden Cruze		17-May-2015 21:49
Uall are bitchs

Branden Cruze		17-May-2015 21:48
What is the name of da gold,blue,black and white caterpillar??? im researching???

Michelle		05-May-2015 00:58
Hey I found a caterpillar that is small probably 1-2 centimeters long!!! can't tell how thick he is?but he's black with yellow/orange fuzz all over. um has silk-stuff at the end? and I live in Port Orchard,Washington (not Washington D.C.!!)

savanna		20-Apr-2015 21:07
I found a weird caterpillar that's super skinny less than an inch wide and at least three in. wide. it has two off-white stripes down its sides. what is it? ?

Guest		21-Mar-2015 13:43
It doesn't appear that anyone is answering questions... unfortunately I have one of my own. I found a caterpillar last night. It's a little thinner a pencil... over an inch, closer to two. It's ringed from end to end in two colors... grey and an off-white or very very pale yellow. I looked thru all the moth caterpillar pics and now I'm going thru butterflies. No luck so far. And I'm in SE Texas. Oh... and I found another one this morning but it appears to be dead. We've been having LOTS of rain. I've never seen one like this before.

Janine		16-Dec-2014 19:46
I have wierd catterpillars in my yard in a tree. Its like hundreds of them. It kind of freaks me out. Its a hairy blackish blueiah coulour with white spots on it. What could it be? Im in cape town south africa

Naomie		09-Nov-2014 21:58
SHHHHHHHH chappy's sleeping!

Naomie		09-Nov-2014 21:56
poor guy he almost died in the wind :( poor thing but then I saved chappy and the way I figerd how she was a girl was u look at youtube!:D

Naomie		09-Nov-2014 21:54
this is hard

Naomie		09-Nov-2014 21:46
NOW MINE IS HIDDIN GEUSS WAT I NAMED HER CHAPPY! :D

Naomie		09-Nov-2014 21:44
please let me know I will always be on the website I mean ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guest		09-Nov-2014 21:43
and mine is fuzzy :) XD

Guest		09-Nov-2014 21:42
i hav a catterpiller in a bucket right now but I don't what kind it is its black with a kinda orange ish grey ish strip on its back let me know if u know what kind of cattipillar or if u have the same plz

nani		15-Sep-2014 15:55
hey i found a catterpillar like species which is white in colour and two black stripes on its head and it has two stings on its tail

cory		22-Aug-2014 21:46
Hey I live in sault ste marie ontario and I found a caterpillar that is green about 3 inches long ,a has a half inch blue stinger coming out the backside on top. Any ideas on what it is

sharon		22-Aug-2014 20:26
we have seen several caterpillars that are pinkish green, couple inches long, appear to have one eye what are they

Guest		14-Aug-2014 22:15
We have a tiger moth caterpillar that went into it's cocoon, but now the caterpillar's cocoon had now these deep red hard spots. What would they be?

Pramila		09-Aug-2014 07:41
I found a green caterpillar with a hairy fern like upper covering... and I couldn't find its image in your gallery. I can provide its picture if you want. Please help me know its biological name.

Guest		08-Aug-2014 20:37
I can't seem to find what type of caterpillar this is; it is a small, smooth, light green one with a white stripe on its side. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Thanks N.P.

John Clarke		06-Aug-2014 00:09
Hi, I found a large green, nearly hairless, caterpillar on the sidewalk the other day, but cannot seem to identify it. I can provide a picture to anyone who is interested. Thanks, John

Magen		17-Jul-2014 14:05
hi I have a lime green caterpillar with a long black stripe going down it's back with a little bit of yellow along the black,it has a large black head and super suction cups underneath any idea of what this is??

L.Wallan from England		07-Jul-2014 21:08
Lovely site, very helpful for ID'ing species. Thanks a lot.

Marilyn Yianakopolos		29-Jun-2014 01:35
I can not identify my butterfly..a Monarch or Viceroy..no pictures show the destinct very black marking at the top of the wings..I would like to send a photo..thanks

Guest		24-Jun-2014 12:55
I found a large, hairless, purple caterpillar with pink spots and outlines and cannot determine what it is! I have a photograph as well and would like to post it. Thank you.

Bailey Bushner		19-Jun-2014 15:25
So I found a bright orange caterpillar with a black head eating a vine and I cant seem to find it anywhere inreally would like to know what it is

Katie		14-Jun-2014 20:19
I found a caterpillar that is all black and has two long, yellow stripes going down its back. I can't find what it is help!!!!!! Btw it was eating my stevia plant when I found it.

Saige Parah		02-Jun-2014 01:43
There's a type of caterpillar I see a lot in Nova Scotia, Canada….. It is yellow and black vertically striped, with tufts of black fur sticking up. It seems to be harmless….. Thanks for any advice!:)

Evan Lisle		01-Jun-2014 21:00
I need your help identifying a caterpillar. It has two vertical yellow, red, and black stripes down its back, yellow and black spots on the sides, a slightly curved red horn on its tail, yellow legs, and it is very, very green. I know that it isn't a hornworm b/c it doesn't have diagonal stripes. Thanks, E.L.

Tom Murray		29-May-2014 01:52
Your blue caterpillar with an orange head might be something like this sawfly larva, which is harmless.http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/151886700 A picture is easier to identify than a description and a location helps too.

Guest		29-May-2014 01:41
There is a metallic blue caterpillar with a bright orange head hanging around. I've read that the bright colors may indicate the caterpillar is poisonous but haven't been able to find what kind it is. I would like to know for the sake of my kids playing in the yard

Guest		24-May-2014 01:37
I found a brown caterpillar and if you search brown caterpillars that's what it looks like but I don't know what it is or what it eats. HELP I love caterpillars and I want it to live!!!!!!!

Guest		06-Apr-2014 19:04
i dont see mine its sort of scaly?

Brenda Glover		29-Oct-2013 19:31
we found ahuge green caterpillar sunday put it in a big can and now it is all wraped up in the leaves just wonderning if it is going in the cacaoon stage

Tom Murray		07-Oct-2013 00:28
a.c. it sounds like your caterpillar is a Wooly Bear like this one.http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/33305828

Guest		06-Oct-2013 15:39
they don't move much! they just want to lay around! thanks again a.c.

Guest		06-Oct-2013 15:37
could you help me find "Idaho's fuzzy brown and black Caterpillars" and let me know what it is thanks a.c.

Guest		26-Sep-2013 11:50
I have this little hairless light brown that I found on some milkweed, in Ontario, Canada. He has 2 darker stripes near his head, and 1 by his rear. I can't find out what he is. Does anyone know?

Katen Marie Bender		17-Sep-2013 19:13
I just found this caterpillar and it appears to be fairly aggressive. I have never seen one like this before. Anyone know what kind it is?

Joy		11-Jul-2013 00:18
I have found three pretty big pink caterpillars in my house. THey had racing strips (that is the best description that my son and I could think of) on the sides of their body and a eye like thing on their back. Does anyone know what they are?

Guest		02-Jul-2013 19:37
So does anyone know what kind of butterfly the brown smooth caterpillar with a few round tan circles on it's back, will become? they are eating fennel.

Robyn Lyn Cagle		01-Jul-2013 01:07
Mine looks like the Crimson patch but instead of black it was brown and smoother.

Guest		30-Jun-2013 14:54
I have some caterpillars eating the fennel in my back yard. they are black with diamonds on their back. What kind of butterfly will they become?

Guest		22-Jun-2013 16:27
I found a tiny black caterpillar in my backyard in mobile, alabama. It has yellow and seemingly dusty blue stripes on it's side that go lengthwise and seems to have a small fuzzy band behind its head. I didn't see a pic of it here and I want to know what it is. The little is less than an inch long.

corrie		16-Jun-2013 23:38
you have a great site here just wish you had more pictures. I have photos that I took in my garden and cannot find what they are. I found another site at butterflies and moths.org and found 3 of the ones I wanted but have 3 more unidentified. thank you for haveing such professioal and clear photos and identification.

Ray		10-May-2013 15:55
just seen simmilar to swallow tail but no spikes dark brown top yellowy orange under 3inches long moving from my lake to trhe undergrowth

Balisteve		09-Apr-2013 08:07
I published that accidentally without adding: This little guy is creating quite a problem in Bali. When he/she appears a horrible itch arrives with it. The itch causes my wife to experience shortage of breath and she needs to go on anti-histermines. She has even suffered arrhythmia from the itch. I am more fortunate, I decided to clean out my white tiled workshop to remove the itch. I swept and mopped the floor. The itch started at my feet and slowly rose to my mid-section and then my chest. I sprayed the workshop area with a typical insecticide as, at the time, I suspected some kind of mite. I dashed to the pool and rinsed but the only true relief came from a Chinese Menthylated grease rub that I applied all over and this relieved the itching. I live on a 30 era property in Bali with two Mango trees. The entire back yard was off limits until the threat went away, it was horrible. I am not interested in spraying the caterpillars, I would prefer to introduce a natural predator, can you help me. I would like to know the name of the Caterpillar and its Predator, that I suspect might be a bird. My regards, Steve K

Balisteve		09-Apr-2013 08:03
Dear Tom, can you take a look at the Caterpillar in my Gallery as I would like to know its Biological name so I can introduce a natural Predator to reduce a serious itch problem in my yard in Bali Indonesia. I thank you in advance for any help you can give me. Balisteve_802

Guest from Idaho		01-Apr-2013 03:17
We're desperate to identify our new housemate! I've searched every site - no luck :-( It's a lovely green with black dashes going the length of it's body, each side of it's back. It was found eating a gourd left in the garden 2 days ago, and it happily eats apples now in captivity. It's not quite an inch long, but very thick! We're in Boise, Idaho. My 8yo son and I would sure like to know it's species. It's been a wonderful houseguest! Thank you for your lovely site!!!

Guest 2		11-Sep-2012 14:34
Have also fond same as Debbie but on a viburnum in East Anglia Uk. Any ideas?

Donna		09-Sep-2012 22:18
What a wonderful site and resource -- great pictures that capture important distinguishing detail. Thank you!

Guest		08-Sep-2012 16:51
Your pictures are great. If you were to post a picture of the butterfly next to the caterpillar picture it would sure help (at least me) in identifing which caterpillar goes with which butterfly in my garden. Thanks for posting these pictures. I am going to show my grandson.

Debbie		08-Sep-2012 14:47
We have just found a caterpillar on a Bhudlia bush - lime green, as thick as an adult finger,approx 2 inches long, light purple & white slash style markings on side of body with yellow dots at base of each slash and a yellow/cream horn with a black outline & tip on the back end. Does anyone know what this is please?

Dave		06-Sep-2012 21:51
I just found a light brown caterpillar with silver stripes on its sides and one eye. Never seen one like this before, very interesting.

ushi		06-Sep-2012 17:02
I found a caterpillar of monarch ,hanging under a milkweed leaf, but it seemed dead. I was sad not to see that change into chyrsalis?

Candace		05-Sep-2012 14:29
This is an amazing and valuable site - thank you for sharing.

sheila blades		05-Sep-2012 12:35
found 3 caterpillars,on my lilic tree very light green about 4,, long1/2 to 3/4 round have white and lilic stripe long body going from back to feet,also has spike on end of tail,have looked on here cant find any like this the ones this colour on here have a spot they have,nt

melissa		26-Aug-2012 16:34
found a large white caterpillar with a brown head & feet that rolled out of a log in nj. any clue??

Mike Savage		15-Aug-2012 13:15
i live in New Hampshire and on a Hibiscus leaf I saw a caterpillar with red looking eyes, two black antennae, yellow bulbs on it's upper back, wide white furry hair that tappers down about halfway down it's back and becomes very white with a black stripe down the middle and it has a brown tail with a black tip. Very interesting caterpillar. If someone can help me ID it that would be great.

Guest		15-Aug-2012 00:56
i found a green caterpillar that is tiny and has brown marks on it! can someone please tell me what kind it is???

mary		13-Aug-2012 03:14
today i found a caterapiller and have no idea what it is my kids want to know This caterpiller is about 3 inchs long grey with white stripes just on the sides and a black and yellow eye on its butt

sarah		27-Jul-2012 06:29
EW today i found one in my garden its green with silver spots i told my cat to chase it its so ugly

Alicia		17-Jun-2012 19:19
mine is green with no details and it is just light green

felicia		02-Jun-2012 04:48
I live in Greenville south carolina and I have found a purple caterpillar that has pink like spots or marks. I was shocked at first but now im just wondering what it is! Please let me know about any information and I also have a picture. Thanks.

Ron		05-May-2012 00:09
I think I found an eastern tiger swallow but it isn't green it's kinda reddish brown but has the same eyes and mouth look on its head. Is it the same catapillar?

Bobbie		19-Apr-2012 20:24
I found a weird looking worm yesterday and thought I'd check online and ran across this site. Don't see it on here. It was kinda tannish-white with a black line running down it's back and it had a cute little round head with a face and would rare up ever once in a while and look around. Maybe an inch-and-a-half to two inches long. Any clue?

Kim		18-Apr-2012 20:23
I can't find mine. It is brown with a lighter brown stipe down its back. It also has tiny legs. So can u please aleast try to find the right one

Guest		16-Apr-2012 23:13
My daughters and I found a semi-hairy gray caterpillar with red and yellow spots, black tail, and red feet. Can anyone tell me what kind it is so I can get the right plants for it to feed on?

amanda		12-Apr-2012 06:08
i cant find the right one

Sarah		09-Apr-2012 02:19
I couldn't find my little guy. Maybe one of you knows. Mine is brownish, has bluish spots running on his sides, and has a white line on his back. Plus, he is covbered with fur. Can someone tell me what kind of butterfly he will become, or what kind of caterpillar he is? Thanks. :)

Guest		06-Apr-2012 11:56
great job but i can not find mine could it be a silkworm or moth..

kathy gibbons		11-Mar-2012 21:52
Thank You Mr Tom For great photos & the identification of what i have shot also !!! The best site so far Great job Thank You kathy Gibbons

alex wong		28-Feb-2012 11:07
i saw one with awesome light yellow and green spiky hair, what kind are those?

Shakshi		26-Feb-2012 06:04
i couldn't find my 1....it's black with orange line in the middle.

Potato		21-Nov-2011 05:44
Pretty amazing looking caterpillars!

mehul		17-Nov-2011 10:40
I found a catepillar it's green,and with a blue stripe pn it's back and spiky hair

Jo		17-Sep-2011 17:59
also when u poke its pace it pokes out these red horns

Jo		17-Sep-2011 17:56
i found this catterpillar that sticks out these red horns what type of catterpillar is it?

Ray		14-Sep-2011 08:53
Photographed a caterpillar approx. two inches long. It was bright red/orange with a black stripe running down the center of its body, full length. It also had ten bright yellow spikes of hair, four at the head, two mid body, and four on its rear. Any idea what it might be?

Guest		17-Aug-2011 00:57
Richard Hewitt it sounds like you are describing a cecropia moth caterpillar

ouchy		12-Aug-2011 21:48
dose any one know what this caterpiller is it is covered in white hair and has orange hornes around its head and tail.if u touch it the hairs fall out and they r like fiberglass on your skin.it causes bumps and itching on ur skin

Guest		12-Aug-2011 18:45
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Richard Hewitt		08-Aug-2011 14:11
Rather big green wide catterpillar as big as tamato worm but with small red,blue,and yellow spikes in a pattern over body. it was aprocimentally as big as your index finger and a baby green color. please post picture.

Maria		02-Aug-2011 23:56
I could not find "my caterpillar" in your gallery. The one that I found on a busy city sidewalk is a yellow long-haired caterpillar. It looks like it is shedding. Can you tell me it's type and what does it eat. If it survives, what will it look like in it's next stage.

John Moua		29-Jul-2011 00:27
I found two brown caterpillars that has yellowish white stripes. Their heads are like the colors of a cockroach. Also, they coiled up when there is danger. It's scary when they stretch to reach something.g Know what name this caterpillar is?

Wei		05-Jun-2011 18:17
I found a blackish brown caterpillar, with black dots on the back. It is lined with tufts of brown, and has a black head, i found it around my home in Markham

Lily		02-Jun-2011 02:19
i found a caterpillar with with dots on it's back and black other wise. i found them in there nest. about 100 of them. can you please tell me what kind they r?

Julie		28-May-2011 15:15
I found a caterpillar that is sort of a brownish gray, it has black and white dots down its sides and one long white stripe down its back. In the light it looks like it has a little bit of orange i there too. PLEASE TELL WHAT KIND IT IS.

ally		21-May-2011 14:18
I have found a some what long caterpillar, its green with nothing else it looks like the european skipper, AND like the arctic skipper...i cant really help it if i dont know what it is, i found it in a spider web. PLEASE EMAIL ME OR COMMENT BACK AS SOON AS POSIBLE !!

patty		19-May-2011 21:44
what type is it \| V

patty		19-May-2011 21:42
i have a black fuzzy one with yellow dots and red fuzzaround its feet

Jewell		08-May-2011 00:27
I found a caterpillar thats light green with a light brown strip down its back and its head is brown i really need to know what kind it is!!!

chris		01-May-2011 21:11
I have a driveway full of black hairy one must be ten or fifteen of them ,how long before the are gone ? I am on a hill top in Douglasville Ga.

grumpy		22-Apr-2011 00:48
I have shiny black caterpillars with white bands, red heads, red tails, eating narcissus leaves, in Louisiana in April. What are they?

Maureen Nyabate		19-Apr-2011 22:01
Hey guys you should come and check out the black hairy caterpillers we have in this side of the world

Kyla Huxley		10-Apr-2011 22:51
I found a dull colored fat one.

Lexie		08-Apr-2011 22:26
I have found caterpillars that have hair alll over them.It very long ghair.The hair colors are orange( for a few caterpillars) -the colors never mix- and white for the others.I figured the orange ones are butterfly catterpillars, but I don't know! HELP PLZZZZZ

Pat		08-Apr-2011 21:34
I have yellow catarpillars all over my house, driveway, and everything, I have a large tree that hangs over my house, what are they and how can I get rid of them, there are thousands of them, they have 3 or 4 bumps on their backs.

elinena		10-Feb-2011 16:49
I found a green caterpillar with a single black stripe on its side. It has sparse amounts of hair and i have no clue as to what kind of caterpillar it is. Please help. :)

Guest		06-Feb-2011 23:48
I found a caterpillar that has a red head, a yellowish greenish slimey body that looks like it has little eyes all over it.

Sharon Clymer		07-Oct-2010 22:45
Is there some way I can send a photo of a LARGE caterpillar I found in our yard this afternoon? It's light brownish with some pale yellow under it. Perhaps 4" long and quite fat -- 1/2" thick or more? I've got it in a jar right now. Thanks so very much....

Edith Ferguson		23-Sep-2010 12:26
Hi Tom ! I have found a totally orange fluffy caterpillar in our flowerbed and would really like to know more about it.

Guest		22-Sep-2010 22:50
I have a green caterpillar with a yellow stripe along it's sides, three anntennae, two on it's head one on its's abdomen, a red head, and it's fuzzy. Please, help me!!!

Donnagail49		22-Sep-2010 20:48
Hi Meg Wood, It is a Tomato Hornworm and the white things are eggs of a parasitic wasp. Donnagail49

Meg Wood		21-Sep-2010 21:17
Hi, I saw a huge caterpillar today on a tomato vine. It was about 2 inches long, had tiny red dots in a couple spots and had a red spike tail about 3 cm. long. The strange thing I saw on it was a bunch of white things it had on its back that looked like rice. I thought they were eggs, but somebody told me that caterpillars didn't lay eggs. I took a picture with my cell phone. I wish I could download it to show you but I cannot. What kind of caterpillar was this?

JoAnne		04-Sep-2010 12:17
Haven't seen many monarchs this summer and have read that a winter storm in Mexico was fatal to many wintering monarchs. I live and teach in the Middlebury, Vermont, area and am looking for a caterpillar to use in my classroom. Anyone have any tips?

Tarrin		03-Sep-2010 15:31
I could not find the caterpillar that is in my garden on these pictures. I will describe it... : It looks like a leaf curled up, it has tiny hairs, red legs, it is kind of a bluish colour underneath, it has diagonal faint lines going across its body and it also has a spike on its back. If anybody knows what type of caterpillar this is or if you can find out for me then please post a comment telling me and I will be overly grateful. Thanks a lot for your time. x

louise		03-Sep-2010 02:57
on a downed pine floating at the edge of the Rideau 7 small (approx 1 inch) yellow caterpillars with black spots all over sides and top, bigger spots on front side segments, one square spot on bottom of each segment. Can't find it anywhere, Any idea what it is? Head and rear end both yellow, caterpillar smooth, yellow legs on front segments.Louise

smiles =]		24-Aug-2010 10:41
i've got a caterpillar that is lime green, a line on the centre of its back. i duno wad kind of caterpillars is it. hw to find out?

julie		21-Aug-2010 14:46
I can not find what kind of butterfly these caterpillars are in my garden. They are huge. Like a lime green no hair like dots vertical all around them that have bron on each side of the dots and yellow in the middle of the dots. SOMEONE HELP??????

Guest		07-Aug-2010 19:31
i found a black caterpillar with orange stripes

Barbara		21-Jul-2010 03:36
I can hardly wait until my grandsons wake up in the morning to show them your site. Your images are outstanding.

Caterpillars Rock		16-Jul-2010 14:32
We looked at several websites for a caterpillar that we found at our cottage. Yours was the most organized. However, we couldn't find our beautiful caterpillar here. It has a grey green body with intricate pink patterns on its back with two elongated pink dots in its second last segment. The head is a darker colour. If anyone here recognizes this caterpillar, please email me at: joanrose@hotmail.com.

Guest		12-Jul-2010 21:44
i have just found loads of black and gold striped caterpillars on a ragwort plant, what type are they?

nicole		01-Jul-2010 15:13
i have this caterpillar that has squares made out of rectangles & dots forming squares it gray/green & has mostly orange but a very little black, what kind is it please help

Lisa		12-Jun-2010 12:18
Those are really great pictures-- however I still need help identifying what is using my ostrich ferns as a host plant. The ends of the fern fronds are rolled up and inside there is a small green caterpillar. I also found a pupa--it was small and red. Can you help me with ID?

Sue		06-May-2010 02:27
You have the best photographs I have found. Wonderful resource! I photographed a large grey caterpiller. He had a patterned back and 2 rings across his front section that puffed up red when he was disturbed. I can send picture. He looked fierce.

ken		02-May-2010 21:42
do butterflies and caterpillars intereact in any way?

Guest		21-Mar-2010 14:00
Been wondering what the name of the brown and black furry catipiller and what butterfly it turns to

S. Dennis		23-Oct-2009 17:51
I just took pictures of Gulf Frittilary dining on Passion Vine. Also took pic of an unusual caterpillar that looks similar to the Banded Tussock Moth. Not sure. Never seen this one. Enjoyed your photos. I am in Mobilem AL

J. Powell		19-Oct-2009 17:31
Wow, just great photos, but alias I did not find the one that is in my garden. But the ones with the big eyes/markings are going to be in my nightmares for a long time. Nature is sometimes a little scary!

Ben Charnley		15-Sep-2009 08:20
soory i dont know of 1 that is in there the colour is red yellow black and green

Marge Ferguson		07-Sep-2009 22:15
Thanks for your great pics. They helped me ID the nine huge Black Swallowtail caterpillars decimating my bronze fennel. Wonder where they will spend the winter. from the woods of western Maine

RUTH POWELL		06-Aug-2009 14:34
I have identified from another web-site (the name of which I've lost) a LAELIA COENOSA (Red Tussock).Can you tell me where this caterpillar comes from and what it produces. Its habitat is in my wall baskets feasting on mainly trailing geraniums but has also decimated an astilbe plant.

Martin		01-Aug-2009 22:26
Great photos Tom! I found an interesting caterpillar crawling in the park. I took it home but couldn't identify it over the net. (I hadn't seen your site.) I put it in a jar hoping it would pupate so I could find out what it was. It was a red spotted purple. I just released it!

Joyce		27-Jul-2009 20:04
Thank you so much for your site. Most others go by the butterfly name, but if you don't know what kind of caterpillar you have found, then you can't look it up by name. This is wonderful. Thank you so much.

Ann Kennedy		20-Jul-2009 15:59
Hello Tom, thanks for all your work from an educator. I just found caterpillars all over my azelea in the back yard. The are the same but not on this list or your moth list. They are two to two and one half inches,body is black with white dash like marks, and head and feet are maroon. They are artistic and atractive creatures-the heads are distictive parts and so are the feet, or whatever you call them. Do you know what this is? (I just corrected my errors! Sorry!) I am in Mobile Alabama.

Magnolia		03-Jul-2009 15:38
Beautiful collection, but I did not find mine. My Granddaughter found our caterpillar on my Meyer Lemon plant. It is varying shades of gray and has a head like a viper snake (very ugly). When bothered it raised dark orange antennae. We put it in a jar and it is now in it's chrysallis stage. We live just north of Houston, have any ideas what ours might be? Thanks, Magnolia

Tom Murray		21-Nov-2008 13:54
The Viceroy is almost the same as the Red-spotted Purple, except for the length and thickness of the antennae and the size of the bumps on it's back. The Monarch was a very late season caterpillar in Vermont, and sometimes they'll get dark markings like that one to absorb more warmth from the sun. Plus in Vermont there's nothing else it could be.

Guest		21-Nov-2008 13:43
You have a few miss noted. Check out the Viceroy Caterpillar for reference and one of your Monarch identifications about 2/3 down on the right looks to be another type with its heavy black markings.

Christi Braxton		13-Nov-2008 20:42
Your pictures are wonderful yet I still cannot seem to find my catapiller amoung them. It is a fluffy black with orange stripes on the sides. Where it is orange so is the hair. The back is black. There is a little yellow poting with the orange striping. I found it in my back yard. I live in the high desert in Southern California. Maybe I have a moth I just do not know.

Cleta		02-Aug-2008 22:14
I was thrilled to find your excellent collection of photos. I love butterflies and have in the past two seasons raised swallowtails, gulf and variegated fritillary, monarch, and buckeye butterflies.

Guest		20-Jul-2008 13:23
WOW!! What a great collection of photos. They were very helpful. I was able to identify 5 types of butterfly caterpillars that I have been watching in my garden. One was in the chrysalis stage, but emerged while I was away & I never got to see what it was. Now I know it was a black swallowtail. Thanks. Kate

Megan		07-Sep-2007 17:16
Thanks for the help. My boys and I found a catterpillar in the garden and put it in a jar. It has now turned into a pupa. I wanted to know a little about what it was or would be. Thanks again the pictures helped a ton.

Janice Dunn		30-May-2007 01:55
Hi Tom, you certainly have a good supply of caterpillars, and you show them well. Good clarity too. Thank you...

Guest		10-Dec-2005 01:03
What a great collection, I had no idea there were so many types, ty

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