Saddled Prominent
Though the odd name of this caterpillar might make you wonder, it will also help you identify the beast- even if, alas, only at one brief stage of its life cycle. During the last and largest stage of the larval phase, most of these big green caterpillars have a very prominent reddish saddle-shaped marking, positioned about where you would put a saddle if you were going to take a caterpillar ride.
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