Light Knotgrass Moth is one hairy brown caterpillar that lives in Louisiana. There are several other types of caterpillars in the state as well.
host plant
Insects have a specific "food plant(s)".The food plant will be different for different species to make sure that no one plant is over eaten. This caterpillar must be a lemon plant eater.
milkweed
host plants
Most butterfly eggs are oval or circular and stuck on to the plant the baby caterpillar will eat.
No. Because there is no more leaves left after the caterpillar attack it
No, because rabbits are herbivores. A caterpillar is a meat product. Rabbits can only eat plant material!!!
in damp dark places
It's likely that the plant you found the caterpillar on is the type it likes to eat, and in some cases what the caterpillar eats can affect it as an adult. For example, monarch butterflies, which are poisonous and bad-tasting, gain this by eating milkweed as caterpillars.
large caterpillar multiple colors with a large stinger on tail. looked like a tomato plant caterpillar.
Almost all