caterpillars?

[comptonkids]

I know meal worms make a good tasty great
what about these?
And do you know if they will be butterflies or moths?

I remember about this time last year there was a much bigger bunch of similar caterpillars just like this and I was told to kill/relocate them

 

[Kelsie2290]

http://na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fidls/ftc/tentcat.htm Look like one of the Forest Tent Caterpillars, birds do eat them.