Catepillar ID ????

[Professor T]

What kind of catepillar found in Florida has bright green stinging spines? It also has a white lateral stripe, with a reddish brown lateral stripe above it.

Any guesses?

 

[Wade]

It sounds like an IO moth caterpillar, Automeris io.

Wade

 

[Professor T]

Originally posted by Wade
It sounds like an IO moth caterpillar, Automeris io.

Wade

Correct Wade, you get 1000 points on the Insecta Larval Stage Challenge! Congratulations! =D

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/fl/957.htm