Category: Eats leaves of Oaks and several other trees

  • A Strange Looking Caterpillar

    A picture from October of a unique looking caterpillar, a Crowned Slug Moth caterpillar (Isa textula). This little one grows to be 1/2 inch long. They eat the leaves of Oaks and Cherry, Maple, Basswood, Elm and Beech trees. I’ve made it my practice to avoid picking up most any creature that I find in…