Who or what is a Kamona? Well, Kamona is the name that Emma gave this little guy. But What type of caterpillar he is remains a mystery. Any guesses out there? We found him on a milk weed plant along with 15 other furry friends on our first caterpillar hunt of the season. None of the others were quite as colorful as he so he was chosen to stay with us. He is growing, although much slower than the monarchs some of whom have already completed their life cycles. He is very fuzzy, in fact, his shed skin resembles a very tiny dust bunny or fur coat. Yesterday Kamona became quite adventurous. I discovered him all the way across the kitchen from his jar. He must have really been moving those little legs, we didn't even know he had escaped until I discovered him under a paper on the kitchen counter.
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Kamona is a Milkweed Tussock Moth. If you do a Google image search, you'll see lots of caterpillars that look just like him. If he's very adventurous, he's probably done eating and getting ready to spin a cocoon where he will stay for the winter.
Ah, Lois beat me to the punch! I just found it on Whatsthatbug.com myself. I'm sure Rachel will love to store it for the winter. I can't wait to see what comes out!
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