strange caterpillar

chyguy · Sep 23, 2003

i found these on a citrus tree i am not sure what they are
as i havent seen anything like it before they are about 3 inches
long and when you poke them or upset them they will protrude
two small antenna like tentacles kind of rubber like any guess
would be much appreciated thanks cheyenne

Jakob · Sep 23, 2003

Boy...hmm...I don't know...I've just searched for over half an hour and couldn't find anything close:? . It's bothering me now...

Jake

dennis · Sep 23, 2003

I know!!!

It's a Caterpie!! It will evolve into Metapod, and will then turn into a nice Butterfree!!

Sorry for the Pokémon thoughts ... I have no idea either ...

Steven · Sep 23, 2003

I know!!!
It's a Caterpie!! It will evolve into Metapod, and will then turn into a nice Butterfree!!

stop smoking that dutch tobacco dennis

=D

Jesse607 · Sep 23, 2003

It almost looks like the caterpillar of the viceroy butterfly.

atavuss · Sep 23, 2003

isnt that the catapillar that mimics bird poop?
Ed

SpiderFood · Sep 23, 2003

man that deal looks like it has handle bars, you sure its not a toy from wal mart lol j/k

later

dale

scottfro · Sep 24, 2003

i am pretty sure most swallow tail butterflies (not sure what kind specifically) have those antena type things when they are caterpillars. this is just a guess though. but i think the monarch does as well.

chyguy · Sep 24, 2003

oh by the way it also smells horrible kinda like s--t
thanks cheyenne

looseyfur · Sep 24, 2003

what did you find them near or on for a food source?

loo

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/

chyguy · Sep 24, 2003

my father actually found them on some sort of citrus tree
he told me that it was like a lemon but 10 times stronger
i think it came from south texas the tree. cheyenne

looseyfur · Sep 24, 2003

I am leaning towards a spinx moth caterpillar, I recollect seeing something really close to this in one of those online guides to moths of the midwest or something to that effect. If you have them and the tree you can pretty easily take cutting from the tree and put florest tubes on them or just bag off a section of the tree and allow them to feed then go to coccon ... then one magical day

you can shoot another pic which may be more easily ID'ed .... from my Moth book!
hehe
loosey

Jesse607 · Sep 25, 2003

It is definitely not a sphingiidae, I am still leaning toward the viceroy or a close relative of the viceroy.

Nixy · Sep 26, 2003

Maybe these links might help. I'm not sure, you'll probably have to dig some.

<<Caterpillars of Pacific Northwest Forests and Woodlands>>

<<Caterpillars of Eastern Forests>>

<<Web Images of North American Moth Species >>

<<HOSTS - a database of the hostplants of the world's Lepidoptera>>

Elytra and Antenna · Sep 26, 2003

Giant Swallowtail
Papilio cresphontes

blackacidevil · Sep 26, 2003

Aren't those retractable "antenna" supposed to resemble a snake tongue or something like that?

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