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wannadanc
Olympia, WA
September 12, 2002 10:16 PM Post #44189
| Eeeeeeeccckkkkkkkk! 
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arsenic
(Zone 7a)
September 12, 2002 10:33 PM Post #355296
| lol! I think he looks cute:) Have no idea what he is tho... |
poppysue
Westbrook, ME (Zone 5a)
 September 12, 2002 11:34 PM Post #355353
| What was it eating? Looks like it might be an immature larvae of the Giant swallowtail. |
Weezingreens
Seward, AK (Zone 3b)
September 12, 2002 11:36 PM Post #355356
| What an interesting little fellow! The collar and painted-on eyes are really incredible... you didn't do that, did you, wannadanc? |
Floridian
Lutz, FL (Zone 9b)
 September 13, 2002 12:05 AM Post #355385
| Possibly a Two-tailed Swallowtail? http://www.npsc.nbs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/id/mor7...
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/wa/70...
or this looks even closer, the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesGS.asp?curGroup...
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wannadanc
Olympia, WA
September 13, 2002 12:56 AM Post #355437
| Thank you so much - I vote for Two tailed swallowtail!!!
I need to get a good larvae book - could not believe I couldn't locate this one, and also knew I had "seen pictures" of it ...somewhere!!!!!
My neighbor found it - just hunkering along on the grass, I believe...so no clue as to food source.
Those protuberances were going in and out of the head of the little guy - so strange to watch that going on!!! You could see moisture on them when you shifted it in the light...boy, I need to go back to school to learn some things about caterpillar morphology.
Thank you again!!!!!!!
Vicki |
Floridian
Lutz, FL (Zone 9b)
September 13, 2002 1:14 AM Post #355458
| Vickie, it says Caterpillar hosts: Leaves of ash (Fraxinus), hop tree (Ptelea), and chokecherry (Prunus).
If you have any of these to feed him you can probably keep him. He'll make a chrysalis then become a butterly. He's a pretty thing, that's for sure! |
wannadanc
Olympia, WA
September 13, 2002 7:03 PM Post #356073
| On further inquiry, I learned the neighbors dog was rolling it along in the gravel ... I encouraged them to put him/her out in the "woods" - away from the dog. Those protuberances are called "osmateria" - my new word for the day, and are the source of the acrid smell. That you, Floridian, for the wonderful links that added to my knowledge base!!! |
poppysue
Westbrook, ME (Zone 5a)
September 13, 2002 11:04 PM Post #356232
| The dog probably liked the stinky smell - lol!! |
Joan
Belfield, ND (Zone 4a)
September 14, 2002 3:49 AM Post #356499
| I think he's cute too. It's like he's raising his head screaming Mama! Mama! Mama! Get this dog away from me before he squishes me!!! |
wannadanc
Olympia, WA
September 14, 2002 9:57 AM Post #356623
| LOL - Considering that this HUGE dog loves to roll in anything stinky, I can believe the Mama screams!!!! |
