Will it seriously damage plants or trees? No, milkweed is a common roadside plant.If you grow tomatoes, chances are good you've come across the Tomato Hornworm, a big green monster that can destroy a tomato plant in less than a week. The gypsy moth caterpillar is a serious pest of oak forests in the northern US. Sometimes, however, they can seriously harm trees and other plants. They rarely do any damage to the plant they live on. Most caterpillars live their lives quietly eating leaves (and, of course, pooping). They are so perfectly disguised, or have such secretive habits that we walk right by them without ever knowing they're there. Most of them are camouflaged, so even though they're all around us, we never see most of them. They spend their days eating and storing energy for the adult butterfly or moth that they will become.Ĭaterpillars are well-adapted to their natural surroundings. What does it turn into? A very pretty white moth.Ĭaterpillars are the larval stage of Lepidoptera, commonly known as butterflies and moths.Will it seriously damage plants or trees? No.What does it eat? Mostly low plants and "weeds.".Does it sting? No, although the fur can be irritating to sensitive skin.
Smooth, black/white/yellow stripes, black tentacles Variable usually green with lines and red horn on tail Resembles cabbage looper but does not "loop" when it moves Large, smooth, green or orange spots on sidesįour white tufts on back, black hair pencils, red head Spiny, large, red/white stripe along body
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