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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-26CEC287-A66D-4F76-A15B-0317AA010F45 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Looks to me like a Virginia Ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) caterpillar. They= are among a few species that seem to go out and about on warm winter days. = If you go to this web page, you'll see that the earlier instar of these are= dark. The last instar is the yellow and white one. There are good photos o= f that on this webpage. http://www.prairiehaven.com/?page_id=3D7757 bev wigney round hill On 2016-02-04, at 4:06 PM, Ian Manning <ianmanning4@gmail.com> wrote: > Happened across a small caterpillar this afternoon while walking home from= work, Junction Rd, Middleton, Annapolis County, NS. It seems crazy early, b= ut I guess given the recent thaw and other observations, no all that surpris= ing.=20 >=20 > I've come across this one before, but don't have my book here and can't f= or the life of me find a match online, despite a bit of digging on some keys= suggested by Bugguide.=20 >=20 > Image here if anyone is up for taking a crack at it.=20 >=20 > Best, > Ian >=20 --Apple-Mail-26CEC287-A66D-4F76-A15B-0317AA010F45 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head></head><body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><div>Looks to me like a Virgini= a Ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) caterpillar. They are among a few spec= ies that seem to go out and about on warm winter days. If you go to th= is web page, you'll see that the earlier instar of these are dark. The= last instar is the yellow and white one. There are good photos of tha= t on this webpage.</div><a href=3D"http://www.prairiehaven.com/?page_id=3D77= 57">http://www.prairiehaven.com/?page_id=3D7757</a><div><br></div><div>bev w= igney</div><div>round hill<br><div><br><br><br></div><div><br>On 2016-02-04,= at 4:06 PM, Ian Manning <<a href=3D"mailto:ianmanning4@gmail.com">ianman= ning4@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type=3D"c= ite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Happened across a small caterpillar this afternoo= n while walking home from work, Junction Rd, Middleton, Annapolis County, NS= . It seems crazy early, but I guess given the recent thaw and other observat= ions, no all that surprising. <div><br></div><div> I've come acros= s this one before, but don't have my book here and can't for the life of me f= ind a match online, despite a bit of digging on some keys suggested by Buggu= ide. <div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://imgur.com/Wy4p27z" class=3D"= hoverZoomLink">Image here</a> if anyone is up for taking a crack at it. = ;</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Ian</div><div><br></div></div></d= iv> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-26CEC287-A66D-4F76-A15B-0317AA010F45--
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