Caterpillars

Hungry caterpillars can cause a lot of damage to your precious plants. Your best defense is to scout your landscape on a regular basis. Look over your plants carefully a couple of times a week. If you see chewing damage, try to find the critter responsible. It's probably a caterpillar. Source: Gardening in a Minute, Caterpillars on Ornamentals

Subtopics

• Landscape Caterpillar Pests
• Tropical Sod Webworm

Publications

• Azalea Caterpillar, Datana major Grote & Robinson (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)
• Cabbage Palm Caterpillar, Litoprosopus futilis (Grote & Robinson) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Ophiderinae)
• Forest Tent Caterpillar,Malacosoma disstriaHübner (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)
• Hickory Horned Devil (Larva), Regal Moth or Royal Walnut Moth, Citheronia regalis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Citheroniinae)
• Lawn Caterpillars
• Oleander caterpillar, Syntomeida epilais Walker (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)
• Puss Caterpillar (Larva), Southern Flannel Moth (Adult), Megalopyge opercularis (J. E. Smith 1797) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea: Megalopygidae)
• Saddleback Caterpillar Acharia stimulea (Clemens) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)
• Saltmarsh Caterpillar,Estigmene acrea(Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)
• Spanish Moth or Convict Caterpillar, Xanthopastis timais (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Spotted Oleander Caterpillar,Empyreuma affinisRothschild (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)
• Velvetbean Caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

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