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black/brown striped caterpillar

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Posted by myheartdances (My Page) on
Tue, Aug 3, 10 at 13:21

I found this guy munching on my potted mesclun greens one morning. I put him in a container because I didn't have the hear to kill him. Within days he pupated to something that resembled a brown kidney bean.

I live in NYC. My potting soil was bought in PA.

Any ideas what kind of caterpillar/moth he is?

http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn87/myheartdances/Mystery Caterpillar/

Here is a link that might be useful: Caterpillar

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RE: black/brown striped caterpillar

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Looks like an armyworm, to me...one of the cutworms. the adult is a small, tannish-brown moth. They can do a lot of damage.

Caterpillars can be 'recycled' if you don't want to squish or flush. Birds LOVE them. ;-)

  
 

 

 


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