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    Old 08-22-2011, 11:59 AM
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    That is NOT a gypsy moth. Gypsy catapillars are small and brown and create huge silken nests in tree branches and do tons of damage. This is a LUNA moth catapillar!
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    Originally Posted by Blue's quilting mama
    Keep that off any tomato plants you might have! They can demolish it! Aren't they so ugly they are kinda cute?
    No this is not a hornworm catapillar.
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    Old 08-22-2011, 12:01 PM
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    Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
    eeewwww, that is creepy. but beautiful at the same time.
    Naw - just creepy LOL

    Great up close & real as a learning experience for your kids. Just glad it is you & not me up close to that thing LOL
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    Old 08-22-2011, 12:06 PM
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    Wait, now that I see those orange things on the back, it is not a Luna, Here is alink

    http://lifecycle.onenessbecomesus.com/caterpillar.htm

    It is a cecropia moth.

    Oops should have read through the posts your figured it out already.
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    Old 08-22-2011, 12:16 PM
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    Beautiful! We have those moths here but I havent seen them in the caterpillar stage. Thank you for posting.
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    Old 08-22-2011, 12:55 PM
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    Sorry to say that looks like the tomato worm we just had on our tomatoes! Nasty!
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    http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-145479-1.htm

    here is the luna moth as a caterpillar we found.
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    Old 08-22-2011, 01:15 PM
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    Cool!! We used to get silk worms for the kids to watch...it was so fun watching them eat the mulberry leaves and then go into coccoon. Only problem was, to get the silk you have to kill the moth while it is in the coccoon. I never did that...I just let them come out as moths. I couldn't kill them!!
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    Old 08-22-2011, 01:27 PM
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    Originally Posted by feline fanatic
    Wait, now that I see those orange things on the back, it is not a Luna, Here is alink

    http://lifecycle.onenessbecomesus.com/caterpillar.htm

    It is a cecropia moth.

    Oops should have read through the posts your figured it out already.
    Lol, we didn't really figure out what it was at first either. :)
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    Old 08-22-2011, 01:45 PM
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    Originally Posted by jljack
    Cool!! We used to get silk worms for the kids to watch...it was so fun watching them eat the mulberry leaves and then go into coccoon. Only problem was, to get the silk you have to kill the moth while it is in the coccoon. I never did that...I just let them come out as moths. I couldn't kill them!!
    I've never seen those before. I've heard of them. I know my kids are having a blast doing this. I don't think I could kill them to get the silk either!
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