It is about 4 or 5 cms long and was found on a weed among the foxgloves. It is black and about 1cm in diameter. On it's "head" it has two markings which look like big eyes and under that it has a marking that looks like a big smily mouth! It looks kind of like a cartoon!! It has no horns or stripes.
Can anyone identify it for me please? I have checked in my nature books but it doesn't seem to be there.
I found it in my garden in the south of England.
2006-08-07 03:47:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I would probably have to agree with prosopopoeia and say it's a type of swallowtail butterfly. It's definitely not a Monarch, since they tend to be black, white and yellow stripped. You said it has no horns or strips, but does it have any spots or any markings? Does it have any hairs? Does it have any other colors? What color are the eye patterns? and are they actually on the head or the back?
2006-08-07 09:45:48 · answer #1 · answered by Citysides 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Huge Black Caterpillar
2016-12-17 16:41:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a caterpillar id site on the web and a bug id site on the web. Try those. My guess? Some kind of swallowtail.
2006-08-07 04:32:37 · answer #3 · answered by prosopopoeia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please, do Agraulis vanillae also feed on sunflower leaves? i don't have pastime vine in my backyard, so, probable they're basically going to an commerce furnish? I positively have gulf fritillaries, and that i recognize them. they seem so commonplace till eventually you get a nicely seem.
2016-10-15 11:25:37 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is for a monarch butterfly.
2006-08-07 05:32:49 · answer #5 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋