THE BLACK SPOT MYSTERY of the SADDLEBACK MOTH caterpillar - Hodges#4700 (Acharia stimulea)
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2015-08-31 This caterpillar was found in an outdoor planter. There is a small black spot in the green area behind the head and just above the "saddle".
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2015-08-31 - there are no black marks on the tail end; the caterpillar was returned to the planter
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2015-09-02 The caterpillar was seen again two days later and there has been no change in the black spot.
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2015-09-03 Three days after first sighting a chrysalis was discovered with a caterpillar nearby.
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2015-09-03 The chrysalis has a black spot in the same place as the one on the caterpillar in the first picture.
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2015-09-03 the front end doesn't show any black spots; the spines look soft enough to touch - NO!
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(BG) 2015-09-03 This three-quarter profile shows the new black marks on the back end since three days ago.
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2015-08-31 - FRONT - a side by side of before and after (2015-09-3)
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2015-08-31 - BACK - a side by side before and after (2015-09-3)
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2015-09-03 It seemed as though the spot was shrinking but it turned out to be simply the contractions of the caterpillar.
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2015-08-31 the underside of the caterpillar before
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2015-09-03 the underside of the caterpillar after
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