Hag Mouth Larvae or Monkey Slug

Hag Mouth Larvae or Monkey Slug

Phobetron pithecium

At some point in time a couple of months ago a visitor to Old Rag came up to the Contact Station in the parking lot and asked the Ranger and I if we knew what the following caterpillar was.

We did not.   I looked it up when I got  home and I thought I had posted it to my blog but had not.

The answer to his question was Hag Mouth Larvae or Monkey Slug and below is a picture of what it looked like:

All pictures from following link:

https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&aq=&oq=&rlz=1T4ADRA_enUS456US456&q=Phobetron+pithecium&tbm=isch#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=7tEGsab8NxR4iM%3A%3Bw1OjEI9gQrusmM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu%252FFiles1%252FJV%252F300%252FJV4677f-300.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu%252Fspecies.php%253Fhodges%253D4677%3B300%3B225







This is what the moth looks like:



Nature continues to amaze me.