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Green Caterpillar with yellow and brown spots. At the rump of the caterpillar there are two appendages that stick out. A small eye spot is on each side near the appendages, giving the caterpillar a snake-like appearance.
Looking under rocks for snakes, I lift one up and find this beauty.
Spotted on Sep 20, 2013
Submitted on Sep 26, 2013
5 Comments
That looks like it a lot! You can kind of see his head in the first picture.
I do not, he never come out of the 'roll'.
You don't have a picture of the other end?
Could be the Drab Prominent Notodontidae Misogada unicolor
http://www.marylandinsects.com/images/Dr...
He doesn't have the yellow stripe down the back like the Prominent does, but thank you!
Possibly a Mottled Prominent caterpillar - Macrurocampa marthesia