"Porcupine" Catepillar...What Species?

Kurt Jacobs kurtjacobs at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 25 19:03:13 EST 1998


Sounds like a fritillary butterfly to me.  Although from what I remember,
they don't curl up to often.  If it has any hairs, it is most likely the
moth.

cherokee at hctc.net wrote in message <367c63ae.38194895 at news.sig.net>...
>Hi!
> We live in the Texas Hill Country in Kendall County.  My
>daughter found a large black "porcupine" like catepillar,
>approximately 2 inches in length and when it curls up you can see
>orangish-red bands on it.
> I looked quite a bit on the net but was unable to come up with
>a picture of this species.  I thought, in my amateurish search, that
>it may be of the Sphingidae moth species, but, really this is not my
>area of expertise at all.
> I would really like to identify this for my kids and if anyone
>on here could help me out, I certainly would appreciate it.  Also, if
>anyone knows of a site on the internet which would show a picture,
>too.
>Thank you so very much in advance for your help!
>
>Sharon ;^)
>cherokee at hctc.net




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