A few weeks ago I was out scouting locations for a tracking class and I noticed these caterpillars. They really seemed to like this plant, as every plant like this I noticed in that area was demolished and had up to a couple of dozen of these caterpillars on each plant. Unfortunately the remnants of the plants were not familiar enough that I could figure out what kind of plant it was.
I tried to identify the caterpillar on cool identification site, but though it returned a result (Utetheisa bella) the pictures of that species look enough different from mine that I suspect they are not the same critter.
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I like the picture and I like color of the caterpillar and it was nice that you found them. I have been finding lots of catepillars on salmon berries and I put them in a butterfly pavilion to see what they will become. Rowan
Did you find them in a meadow or in the forest? from connor
Rowan - have any of them made cocoons yet? What do you feed them?
Connor - I found them on the edge of the road next to a meadow.
They haven't made cocoons. We have been feeding them leaves - salmonberry leaves. Rowan
Thank you for letting me know about it - that is a cool thing to know.
Connor
that was nice that you find them .were did you find them.
that was nice that you found them. were did you find them.
Connor - I found them a few miles from where I live on the edge of a gravel road.
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