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KINDS OF CATERPILLAR
Kinds of caterpillar:
tussock — larva of a tussock moth
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douglas fir tussock larvae, Photo from USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Region Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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douglas-fir tussock moth male (left) female (right), Photo from USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Region Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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cankerworm — green of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees
measuring worm, inchworm, looper — small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
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geometrid moth larva, Photo from Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Archive, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Bugwood.org
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geometrid moth female, Photo from USDA Forest Service - Ogden Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org]
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potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella — larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
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cabbage looper larva, Photo from Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org
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cabbage looper, Photo from Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org
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cutworm — North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
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cutworms larva, Photo from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bugwood.org
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cutworm larva and adult graphic, Art Cushman, USDA; Property of the Smithsonian Institution, Department of Entomology, Bugwood.org
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armyworm, army worm, Pseudaletia unipuncta —noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain
beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua — moth larva that eats foliage of beets and vegetables
fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda — larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains
tobacco hornworm, tomato worm, Manduca sexta — large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
tomato hornworm, potato worm, Manduca quinquemaculata — large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm silkworm — hairless, white of the Chinese silkworm moth; source of most commercial silk
silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm — larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
tent — the larvae of moths that build communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
lappet — larva of a lappet moth webworm — several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis — larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize
bollworm — any of various moths that destroy cotton bolls
cabbageworm, Pieris rapae — toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
woolly bear,of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests
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