Black And Yellow Striped Caterpillar With White Hair Five long black hair pencils along the body two pairs near the head and a single hair pencil near the rear shiny black head.

Black and yellow striped caterpillar with white hair The white marked tussock caterpillar orgyia leucostigma is an exotic looking caterpillar due to its many identifying features.

Black and yellow striped caterpillar with white hair. It has the ability to produce cyanide which can harm or potentially kill the predator. Short tufts of yellow hairs cover its body and there are clumps of jet black hairs running the length of its back. Have a bunch of these yellowish long spikey haired caterpillars all over my front porch. Kira on july 13 2019.

Almost every part of this caterpillar has a different color. What is the black and yellow caterpillar at the top. However just like the monarch the black swallowtail caterpillar also munches on milkweed which offers it protection. For example the monarch caterpillar is black with white and yellow tiger like stripes.

It warns off predators with the bright color projecting danger. Identifying the black swallowtail caterpillar papilio polyxenes is not difficult due to the black stripes and yellow dots on its lime green body although this striped caterpillar looks similar to the monarch caterpillar it doesn t have tentacles at the head of its body. That s the one i m trying to identify. Even though some black caterpillars may look unsightly and unappealing they turn into beautiful butterflies or moths.

I found a big black caterpillar that has small orangish or whitish little spots and the top of head has a black place with outline of very light orange or white. Anyone know what it is. Looking at pictures of this spotted caterpillar it is easy to see how it got its common name. Caterpiller is all black with one whit stripe around the the center.

The identification is easy it is light yellow in color with black dorsal patches and white hair. Other common black caterpillars have vibrant orange or yellow markings. It has a bright red head with tuft like antennae on either side. Ellen lander on september 12 2019.

The back of this moth caterpillar has yellow and black stripes running down its length. Phyllis on july 20 2019.