Black and white stripes combined with a knobbly body make the caterpillar look remarkably like bird droppings. This unappetising outfit is a clever ploy to hide in plain sight, a trick used by ...

Adults have four black parallel stripes at the ... wild cherry and lilac. Caterpillars happily eat wild cherry, tulip tree, cottonwood, sweetbay, willow and white ash. Grow these butterfly host ...