….discovered this unusual caterpillar climbing the deck chair at the cottage on the weekend
Anyone know the name of this interesting critter?
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Looks like a tobacco worm.
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Thanks for trying to help identify this caterpillar. Seeing as there is no tobacco on the island I decided to investigate further. I started with the tobacco worm but then found a site that identified moths in Ontario. What we have here is a Maple Prominent Moth….not good. They are defoliators and about every 10 years they do a lot of damage.
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Yikes! Odd critter, regardless. The ones we have here in the states look almost identical. But, hence the name, they are usually only found in and around tobacco crops. They’re a nuisance here too, though most farmers have given up on growing tobacco years ago now.
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Farmers have also given up on tobacco farming here as well.
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