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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Who is this raider of the green bean patch?



Here is where I am looking to try to find him. And here.

3 comments:

Cathy said...

This picture sure looks like your bug:

Copy into your address bar;
http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/10/25/saltmarsh-moth-caterpillar/



Also there's info here:

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_IN375#FIGURE%206

Be sure to scroll down to the final stage of the instar. And note what this critter likes to eat.

If you read the color of the final caterpillar - yellowish brown - it varies. What do you think?

Cathy said...

Oops. Try that again:

http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/10/25/
saltmarsh-moth-caterpillar/

threecollie said...

Cathy, thanks, it certainly does look like the right critter...