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Caterpillar ID (CT 6/25/23)

hello all! someone sent me a picture today and asked if i could identify this caterpillar, but i'm kind of stumped image was taken on 5/25/23 in Connecticut, USA the eyespots remind me of a swallowtail caterpillar but the color is throwing me off, any insight?
- hannibalscannibal
- Thread
- Jun 25, 2023
- caterpillar caterpillar id connecticut ct usa
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Butterflies and Moths
Long-tailed Tit with Caterpillar
- Cristian Mihai
- Media item
- Apr 19, 2023
- aegithalos caudatus caterpillar long-tailed tit pitigoi codat
- Comments: 6
- Category: Britain & Europe
K
Caterpillar ID

Hi guys, I've been seeing alot of these stunning caterpillars on a lavender patch recently but am unsure what type they are. The closest one I could find was possibly a mullein moth, the colours are the same but the pattern is slightly different. Can anyone help identify it for me? Thanks in...
- KieranN123
- Thread
- Sep 10, 2022
- caterpillar lavendar moth
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Butterflies and Moths ID
Large Yellow Underwing caterpillar
- creaturesnapper
- Media item
- Feb 23, 2022
- caterpillar lepidoptera moths uk
- Comments: 6
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
Angle Shades Moth caterpillar
- creaturesnapper
- Media item
- Feb 23, 2022
- caterpillar lepidoptera moths uk
- Comments: 3
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
Z
Identification needed

Hello everyone, was wondering if anyone could help identify this beautiful creature. Not sure which caterpillar this is. Best regards, Ziv.
- Ziv
- Thread
- Jun 15, 2021
- caterpillar
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Butterflies and Moths ID
Caterpillar...

Whole admiring the thunbergia flowers in a friend's garden I saw this elegant caterpillar.. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened.
- drjpmenon
- Media item
- May 25, 2020
- caterpillar drjpmenon manjolai
- Comments: 8
- Category: Invertebrates
IO Moth Caterpillar

IO Moth Caterpillar (Automeris io: Saturniidae) Caterpillar 4.0-5.0 cm (1.6-2.0 in) long.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Jul 17, 2019
- belton caterpillar io moth texas usa
- Comments: 6
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
Caterpillar Hunter

Caterpillar Hunter Beetle (Calosoma scrutator: Carabidae) 2.5-3.5 cm (1.0-1.4 in) long.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Jul 10, 2019
- caterpillar college station hunter texas usa
- Comments: 8
- Category: Invertebrates
Puss Caterpillar (Asp)

Puss Carterpillar (Asp) known as a Southern Flannel Moth as an adult (Megalopole opercularis: Megalopygidae). These are the ones you do not want to touch!
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Jan 9, 2019
- asp caterpillar chuncho lodge puss
- Comments: 7
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
Yellow Bear Caterpillar

Yellow Bear Caterpillar (Spilosoma virginica: Erebidae) Ca. 4.5 cm (1.8 in) long. As an adult it is known as a Virginian Tiger Moth.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Jul 25, 2018
- bear bryan caterpillar texas usa yellow
- Comments: 4
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
unknow Caterpillar

2 inch Caterpillar in Colombia
- darwin1601
- Media item
- Dec 19, 2017
- caterpillar
- Comments: 2
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
unknown Caterpillar

1 1/2 inch long colourfull caterpillar
- darwin1601
- Media item
- Dec 19, 2017
- caterpillar
- Comments: 4
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
Caterpillar

Caterpillar. Showing its warning colors but whether it can back it up is another story. I did not want to pick it up to find out though (lol). Bosque de Sholett, southeast of Oxapampa, Oxapampa, Per. Elfin forest at ca. 2,400 m (7,874 ft) elevation.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Oct 6, 2017
- bosque de sholett caterpillar oxapampa
- Comments: 8
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
Caterpillar

Not sure what he turns into but every year these terrors invade the garden and devour a number of plants.
- whiteheadedvulture
- Media item
- Oct 24, 2016
- caterpillar
- Comments: 4
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
Banded Sphinx Moth (caterpillar)

Banded Sphinx Moth Larva (Eumorpha fasciata: Sphingidae) Caterpillar is very large ranging from 11.4-12.7 cm (4.5-5.0 in) long. Found on Mexican Primrose-willow (Ludwigia octovalvis: Onagraceae). Veterans Park, College Station, Texas, USA. In drainage with native vegetation. The park itself...
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Oct 2, 2016
- banded sphinx moth caterpillar college station eumorpha fasciata sphingidae texas usa
- Comments: 9
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
Unknown Caterpillar
- John.1959
- Media item
- Jun 6, 2015
- caterpillar
- Comments: 3
- Category: Invertebrates
traces...

left by a caterpillar in a leaf
- Robin59
- Media item
- Oct 11, 2014
- caterpillar
- Comments: 5
- Category: Invertebrates
Gotta love the Hair do!

Can anyone out there ID this beauty for me?
- CalebKat
- Media item
- Sep 12, 2014
- caterpillar
- Comments: 2
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
blue tit, green food

A couple of blue tits settled their nest in a hollow wall only three meters away from window.Feeding the family is a full time job, but they must have found an unlimited source of green caterpillars, they bring a fresh one every five minutes all the day long !
- absalon
- Media item
- May 16, 2014
- caterpillar tit
- Comments: 2
- Category: Britain & Europe
Owl Butterfly Caterpillar

Owl Butterfly caterpillar (Caligo sp.: Nymphalidae) This large caterpillar ca. 7 cm (2.75 in) long was on our glass balcony door at Canopy Lodge in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. There were several species of Owl Butterflies around the lodge but the Boomerang Owl Butterfly (Caligo...
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- May 23, 2013
- butterfly caligo caterpillar nymphalidae owl panama province
- Comments: 11
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
Elephant hawk-moth caterpillar

I took this shot some time ago and did nothing with it apart from finding its title. I took the photo while walking the Crinan Canal, Argyle, Scotland. I read that it is common in England and scattered here.
- Ed Goutcher
- Media item
- Apr 19, 2013
- butterfly caterpillar moth
- Comments: 1
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
Noctuid Moth Caterillar

Noctuid Moth Caterpillar (Noctuidae) This caterpillar is ca. 2.5-3.5 cm (1.0-1.4 in) long. Photographed at Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Bottomland hardwoods dominated by cedar elm and water oak with some water hickory at ca. 96 m (315 ft) elevation.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Apr 7, 2013
- brazos caterpillar college station county lick creek moth noctuid noctuidae park texas usa
- Comments: 14
- Category: Butterflies & Moths
Drinker

there was quite a number on the reeds at the weekend
- Duke Leto
- Media item
- Jun 14, 2012
- caterpillar drinker euthrix potatoria
- Comments: 1
- Category: Britain & Europe
Caterpillar on the menu

I had not seen any Yellow-rumped Warblers yet this year and knew they had to be around so I played their song on my iPhone and before I knew it this one flew to the branch in front of me. Then he flew to the ground and back again, this time with the caterpillar.
- River Girl
- Media item
- Jun 8, 2012
- caterpillar warbler yellow-rumped
- Comments: 3
- Category: North America

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