Black White and Spikey (White-marked tussock moth caterpillar)

by Tracy
(Natchitoches, Louisiana)

Found on the fence surrounding the swimming pool, just wondering what it turns into.

Fuzzy green caterpillar (Io moth caterpillars)

by Bonnie Gross
(Fort Lauderdale, FL)

This fuzzy green caterpillar is about 2 to 3 inches long and is as thick as my finger. Has rings of prickly spikes (ouch.) About five of these guys are devouring every leaf on my hibiscus plant. I'm leaving them alone, hoping they'll be butterflies and not awful pests. I am in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Black Caterpillar (Eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillar)

by Courtney
(Minnesota)

I can't describe it in words.

Camouflage caterpillar (Zale moth caterpillar)

by Teresa Trettin
(Rockford, Iowa)

My husband was picking up sticks and felt this soft fella on a twig. About 3 inches long and no hair that we see. Had never seen anything like this.

Scary Snake Head looking caterpillar. (Gaudy sphinx moth caterpillar)

by TANIA GARCIA
(HIALEAH, FLORIDA USA)

Scary looking caterpillar. It's head had circles to look like huge eyes. Caterpillar was 4 to 5" long and 1 inch thick. When touched with a stick swung back to bite. On the upper side of it's back side, it had a small rattling tail. This caterpillar is responsible for eating up my plants,even after I sprayed them with pesticides. I have never seen such a large caterpillar. Looked like a snake head with its body cut off. Really weird looking.

white fuzzy caterpillar, black spikes on back (Spotted Apatelode)

by stefanie
(unites states)

this caterpillar does not hurt or harm anyone by holding it and it
it has lots of fur too!

Colorful Caterpillar (Fir tussock moth caterpillar)

by Heather
(Lady Lake, Florida, USA)

Orange Head, white body with orange spots, brown stripe on back, brown fuzzies, brown antennas and green bumps on back or eggs...

Black Wooly Caterpillar W/ Highlites (One of Tiger Moths)

by Stephen Rizzo
(Leadville, Colorado)

Inch and 3/4 long with super dense dark hair with light colored tips. Found in montezuma county Colorado on a sandstone boulder after a storm

Green Catapiller Orange/Yellow/Blue Spikes Cecropia moth caterpillar)

by Jenelle
(Scott County, KY USA)

This little (big) guy was found in my backyard, hanging out on a tire. We live in Central Kentucky just north of Lexington.

Brown caterpillar Maryland (Curve-lined Owlet moth caterpillar)

by Bonnie
(BelAir, MD)

Brown two-inch caterpillar with stick-like projections and silk emissions

green caterpillar with hairs (White-marked tussock moth caterpillar)

We found a caterpillar crawling on our umbrella and have never seen one like it. It was about 1/1/2" long, black and yellow, white tufts, red spot behind the head and 4 white fan like appendages on the back. Found in Haliburton, Ontario. I would appreciate it if someone can identify what type of caterpillar it is. Thank you.

White caterpillar with black spots and yellow stripes (Speyer's cucullia caterpillar)

by Jean
(Kentucky)

Not very big, was found not moving in Kentucky

there's another small caterpillar above it too, black with stripes

Big Green Caterpillar (Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar)

by Barbara
(Pittsburgh, PA)

Bright green, smooth, soft on the hand. Distinct false eyes. Found crawling on my newspaper on the lawn near some trees.

brown caterpillar covered in bark (Geometer moth caterpillar)

by DeAnna
(Arizona)

My Aunt and I found this at Lake Ontario - It looks just like a stick. 3-inch long, caterpillar?, looks like its covered in bark

Caterpillar (Echo Moth)

by Sam Davis
(Englewood, FL)

Reddish fuzzy caterpillar about 1"-1 1/2" long with yellow body bands bordered with black. Very quick moving when touched.

Furry white caterpillar withred/yellow/black (White-marked tussock moth caterpillar)

by Ellen
(Nashville, TN)

Probably 2" and very pretty. Was crawling on my loppers in the carport. Photo was taken on cardboard. I had used the loppers about an hour earlier on bamboo and dogwood at edge of lawn. Ground cover of vinca, creeping euonymus and virginia creeper.

I live in Nashville, TN

Fizzy Caterpiller (Crescent butterfly)

by Barbara Hall
(Iron Station, NC )

This caterpiller was found in NC at Pilot Mountain - can you identify the butterfly?

Pale green caterpillar (Definite Tussock moth (Orgyia definita)

by MaryLee Wells
(Cookeville, TN, USA)

On June 3rd, I found this caterpillar on English ivy growing densely along a brick wall. It is roughly 1 " long. I live in Cookeville, TN (38506), which is between Nashville and Knoxville. It is pale yellowish green, and has four distinctive yellow bumps along it's back.

Cocoon Worm (Household casebearer)

by Lok
(Desert hot springs,Ca USA)

It looks like a worm dragging its cocoon behind it. My mother found them coming into the house in March 2010. It looks like silk on the cocoon part covered with sand. My mother has lived in the desert since she was a child and has never seen one before. She lives in Desert hot springs Ca. The worm part drags itself around with its six legs on the front. It is sitting on a paper towel and they range from 1/4 to 1/2 inches long. She brought 3 of them for me to see. It moves somewhat like an inch worm. Thank you very much. Lok

Cinnamon Fern Pest Caterpillar (Sawfly larva)

by Ken Thomas
(Ludlow, Mass., USA)

This is the corrected image of a previous mistaken attachment of a pest caterpillar discription submission consuming leaves from a cinnamon fern in the spring of this year 2010.
All caterpillars disappear by early summer leaving just the consumed fern leaves visible.
The head of this pest is partially black and does not match any image I have looked at of the "Eastern Tent Caterpillar" which I have been told these caterpillars my be and there are no Eastern Tent Caterpillar nests nearby.

As Always
Ken Thomas

caterpillar with purple underbelly (Catocala underwing moth caterpillar)

by Melissa
( fayetteville, NC)

I have searched all over the web and can not seem to find the identification of this caterpillar. I kept it and it is now in a cocoon. It has been like this for about 2 weeks but it moves the back half of its cocoon so I know its still alive. The picture is one that I found on another site but they couldn't identify it either. Any help would be awsome and greatly appreciated

black caterpillar with light stripe (Eastern tent caterpillar)

by Wynter Brown
(Crystal Lake, Illinois USA)

Found in northern illinois, light line down middle of back, orange on either side and then black/dark brown. Likely a moth.
Very common here.

Many thanks!

Large green caterpillar (Cecropia moth caterpillar)

by Bill Boerner
(Otego, NY USA)

About 4 inchs long and 3/4 to 7/8 inches thick with yellow dots and 2 sets of orange dots seen on a "sand cherry" bush 8-4-10 Otego, NY

white furry caterpillar with red stripe (Puss caterpillar,Southern flannel moth larv)

by Andrew
(Tallahassee,FL)

This Caterpillar is approximately one inch in length with very dense light brown fur with an orange stripe down the back and 1 white line on each side. It was found in a playground on Cypress mulch in Tallahassee Florida.

five inch green Catepillar (Achemon Sphinx caterpillar)

by Louise
(Hollister Ca. US)

Green Catepillar 4-5 inches found eating my grape vine leaves in California US. Do you know what the name or kind it is?
In picture the black ball is it's poop.

green black caterpillar (White-lined Sphinx caterpillar)

by Ben Larson
(Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA)

Dozens of these were found by myself while in our pasture. Not sure what they were feeding on, has a long serrated leaf and tiny pink flowers at the end. Most plants were totally stripped of leaves. We are located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. What type are these???

orange-black-red spots caterpillar (Western Tussock Moth caterpillar)

by Pamela
(Sunshine Coast BC)

Please help me identify this strange little caterpillar i have never seen before or since. On the handrail of my back porch, i thought it a twig at first, then it moved. I live on the West Coast of BC at the edge of the forest.
Thanks for any help you can give.

Yellow caterpillar with black and blue bands (Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer)

by Lynne
(Las Cruces, NM, USA)

I have never seen these before and they are having fun eating up the leaves on my grape vines. It is yellow with two blue bands, each surrounded by black bands and then more black bands. The caterpillar is a little fuzzy. Sorry the picture isn't great, I took it with my phone. I live in Las Cruces, NM.

1 & 1/2 to 2 inches yellow & orange furry insect ( White-marked tussock moth caterpilla)

by Ce
(Central Pa.)

Found insect on my arm while sitting out on porch. I think it was on the bench & crawled from there onto my arm. Insect hair? felt very soft.

Short, white, fuzzy caterpillar (Flannel moth caterpillar)

by Marcy
(Austin, Texas)

Small and fast moving crawler. Have no idea what kind it is. Location Central Texas, Austin area.

grey and brown caterpillar with a white stripe on it's back (Eastern Tent Caterpillar)

by Kim
(Ohio, USA)

The caterpillar we found is grey and brown with a white stripe down it's back, with small round black and white spots, and light brown "hairs" near the bottom of it. It is about an inch and an a half long. We found it munching on the leaves of my rose bush. We live in Ohio. My kids are very excited about finding out what type it is. Thank you. :)

Snake Head looking caterpillar (Gaudy sphinx moth caterpillar)

by TANIA GARCIA
(HIALEAH, FLORIDA USA)

Scary looking caterpillar. It's head had circles to look like huge eyes. Caterpillar was 4 to 5" long and 1 inch thick. When touched with a stick swung back to bite. On the upper side of it's back side, it had a small rattling tail. This caterpillar is responsible for eating up my plants,even after I sprayed them with pesticides. I have never seen such a large caterpillar. Looked like a snake head with its body cut off. Really weird looking.

white, yellow and blue striped caterpillar (Monarch butterfly caterpillar)

by Brenda Curtis
(Griswold, CT. USA)

my son found this caterpillar that is white, yellow and blue striped caterpillar.

5 inch brown caterpillar (Imperial moth caterpillar)

by Alan
(Cedar Rapids, Ia. US)

Big fella, nearly 5 inches, rather sluggish. Found in Cedar Rapids, Ia Aug. 2 in flower bed. Tricorner ovipositor and lush hair. Could not get a shot or good look at the face. The broom he's on is a standard broom. What the heck does this thing grow into?

huge green caterpillar (Cecropia moth caterpillar)

by sarah
(upstate new york farm)

about 4-5 inches fully extended..light bright green...diameter of a nickle..4 orange round raised spots with black spots on back behind the head..2 smaller ones that are yellow with black spots behind the orange.yellow and light blue raised spot down back and sides resemble pin heads.

brown caterpillar from Georgia (Manduca sp hornworm)

by Laurie
(Canton, Ga, USA)

I found this caterpillar on my back deck. At first I thought it was something a cat left behind but then it started crawling. It is very large as you can see compared to a penny.

Black spiny caterpillar (Nymphalidae butterfly caterpillar)

by Kathy Benton
(Northeast Georgia)

Found on side of our house in North East Georgia.

large orange catepillar (Pandorus Sphinx caterpillar)

This catepillar was found on a grapevine in a research vineyard in Vermont. Please help me identify it.

orange caterpillar with spike on rear end (Sphinx moth caterpillar)

by Magen
(Round Rock, TX)

This little guy is on the outside brick wall of the house. It has a spike on the rear end and it is light orange in color. About an inch 1/2 long.

black and cream caterpillar (Yellow-striped armyworm)

by Jeannie Cummings
(Prosperity, WV)

I found this one on my mom's Topsy Turvey tomato plant and brought it home. It seems to be eating the tomato leaves I've furnished it from my garden. It's about 1 1/2 inches long, and is smooth, with two upper yellow stripes and two lower brown ones.

Big green worm ( Cecropia moth caterpillar)

by Kim Holley
(Kenova, WV, USA)

He measures about 5 inches long when fully extended. He is an apple green color with orange, yellow, and blue extrusions. Those extrusions have black spikes. he was found crawling up the brick on the side of my house in southern West Virginia.

Large Green leaf-eating caterpillar (Sphinx moth caterpillar)

by Marcy
(Austin, Texas)

4 1/2 to 5 inches long and fat with a tail on the end.

Brown Fuzzy Caterpillar (Tiger Moth Caterpillar)

by Gina
(Noblesville, IN USA)

We found this fuzzy guy in the grass near our deck. It spent the day in a screened bug cage, and was released later that day. My son wanted to keep it, but I was afraid we couldn't keep it alive. This caterpillar was about an inch and a half or two inches long. We live in central Indiana.

Mystery Caterpillar (Tetrio Caterpillar)

by Will Meeks
(Siguatepeque, Honduras)

It is thick and about 5 inches long. Black with green stripes, orangish head and a horn on the tail. We live in Honduras, which is in North America btw.

Blue and Gray Caterpillar (Tent Caterpillar)

by Chelsea
(Redding, CA)

I found this guy on a sidewalk, and he's over an inch long. He has a reddish-brown stripe down his blue-gray back with white accents and hair tufts. Any ideas on what he might eat? Many thanks for your time to consider my query.

Gray Caterpillar (Noctuid moth caterpillar)

by Ryan
(New Orleans)

Grayish color with a tan stripe along both sides and black triangles that run along the back of the caterpillar. It was shuffling across the driveway which has no plants within 30 feet of it, just grass.

Furry White Caterpillar (Tiger moth caterpillar)

by Rachel Ham
(Pasadena TX)

I Found him about 6 days ago...now he is turning an orangish color...

glossy caterpiller-like bug (Giant swallowtail butterfly caterpillar)

by gerald
(Killeen, TX, U.S.A.)

There's about a dozen of these on my citrus tree. They're all different sizes; the one in the picture is about 1inch long. the rest range from 1/8" to 1". They eat fast and came out of nowhere - I didn't notice them yesterday and they eat from the top of the left. I probably need full grown mantis' to help with these; help! Seems as though they're eating only newest leaves; last years leaves are ok for now.