Caterpillar ID - Western Penna.

[Carol R. Lemmon]

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From: <slainte at AVALON.NET>
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Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 6:21 PM
Subject: Caterpillar ID - Western Penna.


> Hi - hoping someone can help me identify a caterpillar I found while out
> hiking today.  It's about 1/2 inch long and about 1/4 inch in diameter.
>  Its back and sides are a light green, and there's a red shape like a
> maple leaf on its back with the stem-part of the leaf shape pointed
> toward its head.  It seems to have extremely tiny cilia-like legs and
> oozes along more than moves like most caterpillars I've known.  Its
> mouth is recessed underneath and it has very tiny pincers or jaws or
> whatever they'd be called.
>
> I'm in Western Pennsylvania, and the caterpillar was found making its
> way up the bark of a black maple sapling.  Thanks for anyone's help!
>
> -Karen (slainte at avalon.net)
>
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Sounds like you have one of the slug caterpillars (Family Limacodidae),
specifically Tortricidia pallida.  This group is one of my favorites.

Jeff Fengler
CAES