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Big Green Caterpillar

15 August 2008

Found this big little critter crawling around outside our door this evening.

Bigger: 2442 x 1605
Green Caterpillar

Green Caterpillar

Shot with: 6 mega-pixel Canon SD600

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Posted by Scott Carpenter on 15 August 2008 at 8:08 pm
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  1. Did you ever discover what type of caterpillar this was? Today, we discovered the exact same type, near our home, and cannot find a suitable match in any online references.

    Thanks,

    Jim

    Posted by Jim on 24 September 2008 at 4:12 pm

  2. Hi, Jim. My wife thinks it is the first one on this page:

    http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/insects/cateast/silkworm.htm

    A Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus):

    http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/insects/cateast/anthpoly.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antheraea_polyphemus

    Posted by Scott Carpenter on 25 September 2008 at 5:03 am

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