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large shiny green caterpiller (Olive green cutworm)

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Olive green cutworm
by: Moni

Stockton
This is probably the cutworm that you have. Took me a while to find it but I think this is it.
Your caterpillar is called an olive green cutworm. It turns into a moth.
They overwinter as mature caterpillars. This insect is found in the northern states from WI and Manitoba to BC and then south to CA and AZ..not found in the eastern states.
The larvae feed on grasses especially the invasive reed canary grass.
Here are some photos of the moth and other stages -
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15575/bgimage
Noctuid moth caterpillar
by: Moni

Stockton
Been looking and can not find a perfect match, but your photo is of some kind of a caterpillar in the family Noctuidae. It does look like one of the cutworms, but without photos from other angles it is a guess.
This group of caterpillars feed on a wide variety of plants. Some can be garden pests if several show up at the same time.

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