Tag: butterfly larvae
Gray and Yellow Worms Forming Webs in Grandmother’s Plum Tree are Tent Caterpillars
“What kind of worms are these and how do you get rid of them?” asks this reader about the gray and yellow-patterned creatures in the photographs below. “They are ruining my grandmother’s plum tree,” our reader states.
Maroon Worm Found On Bed Comforter is an Inchworm
“The tiny thread-thin worm taped to the card […] was crawling, inch-worm-like on my bed comforter one night” says this reader, perfectly encapsulating her experience with the worm in the photo below. The “inch-worm-like” creature in the photo is a brownish-red color, is lying on its side in a shape that inchworms do make when they make their way across a surface, and is, from what we can tell, quite small in size.
Brown Worm in Toilet is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar
A woman in Maryland found this worm swimming in her mother-in-law’s toilet and hopes that we can help ID the critter. The worm in questions appears to be a mottled brown color, with a segmented body and a yellow band near its head, as well as a pair of eye spots just below the stripe.
Unidentified, 1/2-inch Caterpillar Finds its Way Into A Glass of Water
A 1/2-inch worm was found in a glass of water by this man in Albuquerque, NM. From the excellent images sent in, we can see that the worm in question is of a grayish/tan color, is segmented, has six forelegs, eight back legs, and a bulbous black head.
Worm Caught Eating Dahlia Leaves is a Caterpillar
A reader recently sent in this image of a black worm-like creature he caught eating dahlia leaves. He asks that we identify the creature, which is 1cm (0.39-inches) in length, black and gray in color, and with a white stripe down the middle of its underside.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar (Papilio glaucus)
Some time ago, a reader asked us to identify a brown “worm” he found. The creature was brown with a big head, on which there appeared to be two eyes. We placed the word “worm” in quotation marks because the reader did not in fact find a worm, but rather a caterpillar. Of this much we were fairly certain when we first attempted to answer our reader’s question. However, we were unsure exactly what the brown caterpillar was, as in, what precise species of caterpillar our reader came across. Thanks to reader comments, we are now confident that our reader found an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar (Papilio glaucus).
