Name that Caterpillar (An Identification Contest)
It's so hard to get back into the rhythm of life after a tragedy but I know its the only way we can move forward so I am pushing myself.
I'd like to challenge my readers (and their children) once again to do a little research and learn a little more about nature in the process. This little guy came to visit me on my back deck at a time when I was feeling really down. He is beautiful and curious. Can you name that caterpillar? If so, post here in comment and leave a link with your "proof" if you have it. Will he become a butterfly or moth? Moms and Dads - even if it is easy for you to identify him, let your children take the lead (with you as their guide) to do it themselves. The library has many identification books for you to take home or if your child is old enough there are many tools online as well.
On Monday, June 24th after 8 p.m. I will randomly select a name from the comments section. The winner will receive any e-book on the Little Acorn Learning Website for FREE!
Best of luck!~ xoxo
It's a nymphalis antiopa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphalis_antiopa
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My guess is a gypsy moth caterpillar
ReplyDeleteMy guess is a Gypsy Moth Caterpillar
ReplyDeleteIt is Nymphalis antiopa or Mourning Cloak.
ReplyDeleteSpiny Elm Caterpillar
ReplyDeleteMourning Cloak, very neat.
ReplyDeleteHi Eileen!!!My child Nahele & i think that it could be a nymphalis antiopa caterpillar http://www.cirrusimage.com/butterfly_mourningcloak.htm
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Bye
Silvia from Italy
According to our handbook of nature study and a few websites, my 11 year says this is a mourning cloak caterpillar and it will be a butterfly.
ReplyDeleteNymphalis antiopa larvae - Mourning cloak butterfly (or Camberwell Beauty if you are in England). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphalis_antiopa
ReplyDeleteI agree with the others, mourning cloak butterfly caterpillar. I tell my kids you can tell her by her black cloak cover her wings. But you can see the edge of her dress.
ReplyDeleteNot sure why it says unknown I signed into my google account
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It will be a butterfly...monarch?
ReplyDeleteUnconscious came a beauty! Wrote poet May Swenson...a beautiful woodland Mourning Cloak.
ReplyDeleteIt is a mourning cloak, or Nymphalis antiopa. It looks very much like this picture of one...http://montanakids.com/facts_and_figures/state_symbols/State_Butterfly_Mourning_Cloak.htm
ReplyDeleteIt is a morning cloak (nymphalis antiopa) my son and I have a caterpillar field guide (as well as north American insects and one for Lepidoptera that we take everywhere with us)
ReplyDeleteMy daughter and I think it is a Mourning Cloak.
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mourning cloak caterpillar, beautiful.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Nymphalis-antiopa
I think it is the Nymphalis Antiopa. The spines, spots and black color look like this one:
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I think it's a Mourning Cloak caterpillar.
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