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Eacles imperialis
This caterpillar was approximately 3" long.
Pupation takes place in underground burrows.
I found this caterpillar when I spotted a turtle that was digging in my yard. The caterpillar was digging it's way from under some dirt.
Spotted on Jan 17, 2012
Submitted on Jan 17, 2012
6 Comments
Thank you, Francis!
Its okay, really cool photo, ive never seen one of those and im glad you were able to ID it!
I had a typo in saying it was 3' long instead of 3"...sorry! If I saw something like this that was 3' long, I would have thought a Graboid had got loose from the movie-set Tremors!! Thank you, everyone, for helping me with this!
I think Melissa is right: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4757
im working on IDing it for you, i know that it will much your veggies until they ate gone and it will be a moth, also it burrows into the dirt for the winter, now to get the exact species name for you :)
3' long !!!?? don't let it near your vegie patch.