App to identify edible bugs, caterpillars, etc. ?

[BigBlueHen53]

You stole my reply! I was going to post this as my app:
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No, they didn’t eat the hand pruners either.

The hen at top is unusually marked, what is she?

 

[Mother of Chaos]

The hen at top is unusually marked, what is she?

These are my two new young’uns! The top one is a 10-week-old Easter Egger, and the bottom one is a 12-week-old Speckled Sussex.

We’re waiting to see how Willow’s (the EE) adult plumage comes in. Her head isn’t as black as when we got her four weeks ago, but our 7-month-old EE has reversed colors, I guess you could call it. This is she on the 1x10, with the littles behind her.

 

[Cobber]

I just worry, given some of the nasty poisonous caterpillars one hears about.

They ate the caterpillar this morning, no ill effects.

 

[Cobber]

The chickens know what's edible. I've tossed slugs in for them, not interested.

Mine won’t eat slugs, although we have a good supply.

 

[MROO]

These are my two new young’uns! The top one is a 10-week-old Easter Egger, and the bottom one is a 12-week-old Speckled Sussex.

We’re waiting to see how Willow’s (the EE) adult plumage comes in. Her head isn’t as black as when we got her four weeks ago, but our 7-month-old EE has reversed colors, I guess you could call it. This is she on the 1x10, with the littles behind her.

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VERY pretty lady!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I just worry, given some of the nasty poisonous caterpillars one hears about.

They ate the caterpillar this morning, no ill effects.

Well, except for the caterpillar!

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

iNaturalist is a fantastic app for ID but also for recording your sightings! It’s got a map as well for local areas. I generally don’t let my chickens eat caterpillers I find unless I know they’re invasive (like japanese beetles or rose sawfly larvae) as I want to make sure the native insects survive in our habitat. Of course I can’t help what crawls into their run, but I mean more when they’re out in my gardens.