Red caterpillar - Eumorpha achemon Pedricktown, Salem County, New Jersey, USA July 8, 2008 Size: ~2''
I found this beauty on grapes. Please help me identify it. I did a search for red caterpillar and found a picture of banded sphinx moth caterpillar, but it looks different. Mine has long "horn" curved towards its head, an eye at the base of the horn and no eyes near the slanted stripes on the sides. I appears to be in defensive pose and I did not see it move much a couple times I came back to take a look. The day was very windy and leaves kept flapping none stop. I did not see any signs of it feeding on grape leaves, though it's hard to tell - we are in the beginning of Japanese beetle season.
Contributed by Kate Moldavchuk on 9 July, 2008 - 2:15pm Last updated 23 November, 2016 - 5:25pm |