Caterpillar on my rose bush - Euclea

Moved

Moved from Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth.

… john and jane balaban, 1 July, 2007 - 8:23pm

spiny oak slug

This looks like the spiny oak slug Euclea delphinii.
See http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/spinoak.html

… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 2 June, 2005 - 5:28pm

Cool!!

I wish I had better pictures so I could see the markings. Can the oak and rose slugs live on several plant species?

If I find another, I think I'll run up to Best Buy and buy a sweet digital camera (although I'm not sure which one would be the best), and take some more pictures for y'all.

Thank You!!

… Catfisha, 2 June, 2005 - 5:40pm

Careful, irritating stinging hairs likely

Check out some of these

… john and jane balaban, 2 June, 2005 - 4:28pm

WOW!

Ever since I found out certain caterpillars can sting, I'm always afraid to try and pick anything up...LOL! I saw that slug caterpillar about a year ago (the date on the picture is wrong) and I haven't seen one since. It looks like the moths are fairly large so I'm surprized I haven't seen any of the adults.

I'll keep looking!

Thank You for answering so fast!

… Catfisha, 2 June, 2005 - 5:30pm