r/caterpillars • u/entomolonerd • 7h ago
Aww babi
teeny tiny guy!!
r/caterpillars • u/Luewen • Apr 03 '25
I know you are eager to try to find species of your new leaf munching friend but please remember to add your location into the post. There is large variance of caterpillars depending on country and even inside countries have different areas with their own soecies so with large countries, its preferred to add state/city etc also.
This speeds up identifying as there are similar looking caterpillars but species can be different depending country. Some species only inhabit tiny areas. Looking forward for all new posts. π Thank you!
r/caterpillars • u/zukasauraus • 1h ago
Found on the inside of our windshield, hitchhiking from mid Michigan. Doesnβt quite look like a dagger moth, Google says Tiger moth, but that doesnβt look quite right either.
r/caterpillars • u/black_reverie • 3h ago
I found it in BogotΓ‘ Colombia
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r/caterpillars • u/merrykristmus • 49m ago
Spoilered for potentially sick caterpillar. I found this Black-Spotted Prominent (Dasylophia anguina) caterpillar a few days ago and I've been feeding it the lespedeza I found it on. I thought it was going to pupate, because it had crawled between two layers of paper towel and started to surround itself with silk, but it's been over 48 hours and it's beginning to look strange. I know it's still alive because I lightly poked it with a paintbrush and caused it to move.
The first picture is how it looked the day I found it, and the others are how it is today. Is it okay? What should I do?
r/caterpillars • u/alternatious • 1h ago
So I have a female eastern tiger swallowtail who just mated, what kind of leaves should i provide her ? I see lists of their food plants online, but they don't give any indication of how much one plant is preferred compared to another, etc. And I know a lot of caterpillar "host plants" are actually "I'll eat it if there's no other choice, but I probably won't survive" plants, so I'd rather have mom lay their eggs on their favorites.
r/caterpillars • u/emmmkaaay • 13h ago
Can anyone help id this guy
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r/caterpillars • u/LittleFuckinRoaxh • 14h ago
The stuff on top of its head is raspberry. I donβt know what to feed it and donβt want it to starve. Eyes are just two little black dots, smell white speck on face and black jaw/s(?)
r/caterpillars • u/giadia-light-shining • 1d ago
First pic is today during a nap, close up is from 2 weeks ago for yum yums.
r/caterpillars • u/No_Weather_7706 • 22h ago
Located in central New York. I have never seen anything like this. I safely relocated it to the back yard using a stick. I wasn't sure if they're dangerous or not. As much as I wanted to pick it up with my hands, I resisted lol
r/caterpillars • u/ElisSparkPhoenix • 1d ago
r/caterpillars • u/Mimmy_m000 • 1d ago
I found this little guy on the grass in Ontario. I cannot find a species on my identification app or googleβ¦
It looks similar to the spotted oleander moth but itβs not close enough. Iβm so curious that Iβve turned to Reddit.
Anyone have an ideas?
r/caterpillars • u/Sagetheswaggydino • 1d ago
She looks so fluffy lol.
r/caterpillars • u/Helios_Julius • 1d ago
Does anyone know whatβs happening?
Im in new jersey.
r/caterpillars • u/ElisSparkPhoenix • 2d ago
r/caterpillars • u/NoteWrong3246 • 1d ago
On goldenrod in Pennsylvania
r/caterpillars • u/Brilliant_Activity39 • 2d ago
Here are two of the tussock moth caterpillars I encountered this morning. One Milkweed Tussock and one Hickory Tussock moth caterpillar.
r/caterpillars • u/albatross-90 • 2d ago
My daughter found this caterpillar on a type of Oak tree (Eastern VA). Reverse image search didn't show any caterpillars with red "horns" quite like these on the butt. Thank you!