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3 inch green worm with black and orange spikes (Hickory Horned Devil)

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Found in Roswell GA
by: Anonymous

My husband was bite by one while putting up a bat house in a tree. Extremely painful followed by a horrible red rash.
Big worm
by: Beth

We found one too in georgia it is scarey looking It was near the pecan tree. All our pecans had fallen off before maturing was wondering if there are more and they are the reason we lost the pecans.
Found one today
by: Anonymous

Wow, we just found one of these and I've never seen one before. It was right under our walnut tree which makes sense. We're in south central PA. So glad we were able to identify it on here!
found one too
by: Jessie Cocks

We found one today in Kennett Square, PA! It is an AMAZING looking creature!
Found one, too
by: Anonymous

Today, we found a worm that looks just like the one in the picture. We live in Reading, PA near walnut trees. We had never seen anything like this before. We took pictures and tried to think of someone who could identify it. Thank you internet and this website. I guess we'll let it go as the comments do not seem to be upsetting. It certainly is fearsome looking.
Hickory Horned Devil
by: Moni

Your photo is of the Hickory horned devil. This is the caterpillar of the Regal or also called the Royal Walnut moth (pictures of those are in other Insect ID'ed).
These insects are found thru out the whole Eastern half of the US.
Larvae seen while they are wandering on the ground are searching for a suitable place to burrow into the soil for pupation. The size of your caterpillar indicates that is what it was doing. If he came out of the ground perhaps that spot was not to his liking. Hope it found its spot!
Larvae feed on leaves of ash, butternut, cotton, gum, hickory, lilac, pecan, persimmon, sumac, sycamore, walnut. Adults moths do not feed.
Great find!!

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