scientific name : Sibine stimulea
common name : Saddleback caterpillar
information : Another unique slug caterpillar. Charcoal black or brown, with
unmistakable lime green abdominal saddle. Saddle with central brown patch ringed
with white. Dorsum of first and eighth abdominal segments with fingerlike lobes
bearing numerous stinging spines. Sting intense and of considerable duration.
Food: broadly polyphagous on trees, shrubs, grasses such as corn, and other
garden plants. Caterpillar: July to October; 1 generation in North.