help identifying caterpillar!

[Richard Worth]

Anne,  Please disregard my last posting as your latest had not come 
through when I sent mine.  Sorry.  Rich

>Sorry; I zigged when I should have zagged. Gulf Frit it is.
>Anne Kilmer
>
>"DR. JAMES ADAMS" wrote:
>  >
>  > > Shulamis,
>  > >
>  > >  You saw the caterpillar of the Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae.
>  > > Not only a nice looking caterpillar, but a nice looking butterfly as
>  > > well.  And, as you surmised, quite common in Florida.
>  > >
>  >
>  >         As was suggested, it is possible that you saw the caterpillar of
>  > Syntomeida epilais, but this is an orange caterpillar with *tufts of
>  > hair*, not "spikes" as you suggest.  The Gulf Fritillary has the
>  > "spikes".
>  >
>  >         James
>  >
>  > Dr. James K. Adams
>  > Dept. of Natural Science and Math
>  > Dalton State College
>  > 213 N. College Drive
>  > Dalton, GA  30720
>  > Phone: (706)272-4427; fax: (706)272-2533
>  > U of Michigan's President James Angell's
>  >   Secret of Success: "Grow antennae, not horns"

Richard A. Worth
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Plant Division
rworth at oda.state.or.us
(503) 986-6461