I found a bright green caterpiller w/ orange and black dots and a yellow horn.What is it?

It's not a gypsy or tent caterpillar I hope. They cause a lot of havoc!

I found a bright green caterpiller w/ orange and black dots and a yellow horn.What is it?
Unfortunately, the field guide I have doesn't show the larva for too many of the butterflies or moths. However, the one you are describing sounds somewhat similar to the larva of the Hawk Moth.





http://accipiter.hawk-conservancy.org/im...








**Edit: Ok, I did a little more checking and it sounds like what you saw might be the larva for the White Lined Sphinx Moth. Check this link and see.





http://www.laspilitas.com/butterflies/Bu...
Reply:It sounds like a tomato hornworm. They will make holes in your tomatoes.
Reply:With your description. Parsleyworm becomes Swallowtail (pretty butterfly) :)
Reply:It is either a Tobacco Horn Worm, larva of the Hawk moth or a Tomato Horn Worm, larva of the Sphinx moth. They are both very destructive, eating leaves, stems and sometimes even the fruit of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant or at occasionally potatoes.



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