the Buff-Tip Moth caterpillar has black stripes, yellow stripes, and fine white hairs or spikes coming off of it. These are generally about 2.5 inches long and eat oak, maple, elm, and hazel leaves.
A buck moth caterpillar has orange spots on its back, with orange feet and black spikes. The buck moth caterpillar is poisonous, causing rashes and nausea. Buck moth caterpillars inhabit oak forests.
In Southern California, Orange caterpillar with clumps of little black and white dots and white spines. Any ideas?
A Woolly Bear Caterpillar.
a cobra (snake)
Tigermoth caterpillar.
The caterpillar that is black with brown spots and has spikes on top of spikes is the passion butterfly. These caterpillars feed from the passionflower.
I'm not sure if what you are looking at is a worm per se. It sounds more like a caterpillar which is the larvae of either a butterfly or moth. Try looking up different types of caterpillars since they tend to be quite colorful and can have hairs that stand out on various areas of their segmented bodies. That sounds kind of like a wooly bear caterpillar to me. wooly bears are often black with redish fuzz and black fuzz. (3 stripes) They become Isabella moths.
I don't think so; that's also really mean to the caterpillar. If the caterpillar had spikes, it could hurt your crab or have poisons inside of it
This caterpillar is from the Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae), also known as the Passion Butterfly. They feed exclusively on species of passionflower.
a wooly bear caterpillar
Spikes on caterpillars are not a sign of cocooning.Rather, they occur only on some caterpillar species.
a saddleback caterpillar
The American Dagger Moth's caterpillar is fuzzy and yellow with what looks like black spikes. But a closer look shows it is just fuzz.
The Jamba Ramba Caterpillar is a fuzzy yellow caterpillar with a black head and black tufts that look like spikes.
There are many different kinds of caterpillars. There is a specific website that is designed to tell you what kind of caterpillar it is. The website is http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?guide=Caterpillars.
If it is parallel orange lines that are the spikes then it sounds like it is ladybird larvae.