Redhumped caterpillar
Insect
Redhumped caterpillar
Schizura concinna (J.E. Smith)
Lepidoptera: Notodontidae
Distribution: Most fruit-growing states and provinces in eastern North America.
Photos
Caterpillars at first skeletonize leaves, but within days, entirely consume a number of leaves.
Rob Smith, Ag. & Agri-Food Canada
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The adult is a grayish brown moth (A). The larva is yellow with a red head and is lined longitudinally with orangish, black, and white stripes. Several prominent black tubercles arise from the back, and there is a large reddish hump on top of the first abdominal segment (B).