They call me...El Mysterioso!
Anybody know what this little guy is? I’ve been through the on-line bug ID guides and can’t find him. I figure he’s probably a moth, but that’s as far as I know.
That’s a serviceberry shrub he’s on, but that may or may not have any significance.
ETA: The stinging rose caterpillar! I knew the internet brain trust would not fail (and damn, is that a fantastic name or what?)
Originally published at Squash's Garden. You can comment here or there.
Edited at 2011-09-18 05:05 pm (UTC)
My only guess would have been "something that should live under the ocean and never see the light of day"
Anything that bright and visible is probably poisonous!
True dat!
And yeah, stinging rose is an awesome name.
I only watch the show in the hope if seeing him injure himself.
(Doesn't happen often enough, really.)
gothic murder tribbles and enraged orcish hate sausagescaterpillars.Yes, it is, isn't it?
During the two years I lived in Florida as a child, we occasionally encountered saddleback caterpillars on our property, and at first that's what I thought this was, but the colors and the arrangement of its protuberances is somewhat different. About the only thing that's the same is that you didn't want to touch a saddleback either - yowch!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stinging_Rose_Caterpillar_Moth_%28Parasa_indetermina%29.jpg