Wondering if anybody knows what this is? another photo

[LegHorn-BusHorn]

found this in an area we were putting in a retaining wall.

updated photo below

 

[Uppity Peon]

A yummy chicken treat! (caterpillar)

 

[spook]

HOLY HanNaH! the next word is EWWWWWWWie! It has to be a moth, I wonder if its a Luna Moth....they are beautiful, but yuck! (Ill go see what a Luna Moth's stages are!)

Nope not a Luna Moth although its interesting... http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/moths/luna_moth.htm

 

[thechickenchick]

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[Zahboo]

ewwwwwy hehe

 

[Goose and Fig]

Might be a Mammoth moth- the coloring is similar. Can't say I've ever seen one as a caterpiller though.

 

[wyo-helpmeet]

I don't think it's a luna. It looks fake though, because of those weird eyes!!! LOL

 

[CMV]

Spicebush swallowtail butterfly larvae.

 

[Hillbilly Rooster]

Do not know but that is awesome. Whatever it is I would watch it and find out.

It is one of the ugly duckling stories. That is so ugly something cute has to come out of.

 

[cheeptrick]

I think spicebush is right...

here is a great site...

http://bugguide.net/node/view/231518