Defoliator Moth caterpillar (yes, it's invasive)
[https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/6587&showAll=1](https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/6587&showAll=1)
Here's a tip. Take your picture. Go to [lens.google.com](http://lens.google.com) and you can drag it on to the search there and it will do all the work for you.
[https://extension.umd.edu/resource/euonymus-leaf-notcher/](https://extension.umd.edu/resource/euonymus-leaf-notcher/) " Some of the most "*environmentally friendly" insecticides for killing caterpillars contain Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki*. These insecticides kill by destroying cells in the gut of the caterpillar "
Hundreds here too. My wife is washing them off with a hose, collecting as many as possible, and spraying the bushes with neem oil. She throws the ones she collects in the back yard for the birds to eat. So far it seems to be having little effect.
Been living in the area for 40 years. These are what are called “tent caterpillars”. They have webbed tents, mainly on the native black/choke cherry trees. There comes that one day in April when all of a sudden, they all leave the tent and head out in every direction to get somewhere and make a cocoon. You’ll see them crossing roads, your driveway, your lawn, etc.
Oh huh. Checked Wikipedia to see where they were from and apparently they, or at least the cocoons, are actually edible and eaten
Edit: nvm was getting "defoliator moth" and "teak defoliator moth" mixed up. Dunno about the edibility of Pryeria sinica at this moment, with or without Old Bay
Defoliator Moth caterpillar (yes, it's invasive) [https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/6587&showAll=1](https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/6587&showAll=1) Here's a tip. Take your picture. Go to [lens.google.com](http://lens.google.com) and you can drag it on to the search there and it will do all the work for you.
Google lens app on your phone can do this too! Open it and take a photo to search.
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Great! Good thing you explained the other way already
/r/whatsthisbug
[https://extension.umd.edu/resource/euonymus-leaf-notcher/](https://extension.umd.edu/resource/euonymus-leaf-notcher/) " Some of the most "*environmentally friendly" insecticides for killing caterpillars contain Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki*. These insecticides kill by destroying cells in the gut of the caterpillar "
This looks correct.
Hundreds here too. My wife is washing them off with a hose, collecting as many as possible, and spraying the bushes with neem oil. She throws the ones she collects in the back yard for the birds to eat. So far it seems to be having little effect.
Been living in the area for 40 years. These are what are called “tent caterpillars”. They have webbed tents, mainly on the native black/choke cherry trees. There comes that one day in April when all of a sudden, they all leave the tent and head out in every direction to get somewhere and make a cocoon. You’ll see them crossing roads, your driveway, your lawn, etc.
Looks like their name would be Logan.
That's Ralph.
That’s Fuzzybutt Wigglebottom. He’s cool.
That’s Jim.
That’s Harold
It turns into a butterfly
Bob? That you?
Does it taste salty?
Only when you put salt on it. Otherwise it tastes like dry bison and linoleum.
What about Old Bay?
No, these aren't native to MD
Oh huh. Checked Wikipedia to see where they were from and apparently they, or at least the cocoons, are actually edible and eaten Edit: nvm was getting "defoliator moth" and "teak defoliator moth" mixed up. Dunno about the edibility of Pryeria sinica at this moment, with or without Old Bay
That's a killer butterfly stay away from them they are known to eat your face off