Insect Journal
September, 2000

Insect Quiz


While walking in your yard, you discover a large-sized (about 3 inches long) caterpillar in your 30-year-old maple tree. It is light green with a double row of orange and yellow knobs running down the top of its back.


  1. What is this insect?
  2. Is it harmful to trees?
  3. What kind of insect will it turn into?
  4. Is it common in Minnesota?


Answer
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