CAMOUFLAGED LOOPER
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK: Watch out, Christian Dior and Stella McCartney! If Camouflaged Loopers (Synchlora aerata) were invited to Paris...
MONKEY SLUG
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK: The aptly named Monkey Slug Caterpillar - Phobetron pithecium. With no legs to speak of, a dozen waving...
WAVY-LINED HETEROCAMPA
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK: Eat the leaf, live on the leaf, BECOME THE LEAF. Heterocampa biundata, the Wavy-lined Prominent, is hidden in...
TOBACCO HORNWORM
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK: King of the vegetable patch, scourge of the gardener, and one of my all-time personal favorite caterpillars,...
HARRIS'S THREE-SPOT
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK: A leading candidate for "strangest in show," introducing Harrisimemna trisignata - the Harris's Three-spot...
YELLOW SLANT-LINE
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK: Introducing Tetracis crocallata - the Yellow Slant-Line. From their earliest instars, or growth stages, this...