I was sweeping leaves off the pavers in front of my garden sheed when I spied a huge green catterpillar just on the edge of the pavers under the door. I couldn't believe my eyes, it was so big I wasn't sure it was real. I barely touched it and it was alive. I put a ruler down beside it and Jim took a picture. It was light green in color with 4 orange spots on raised pinacles and these orange spots were colored like tiny ladybugs. Behind these 4 orange ones were 2 rows of yellow spots on pinacles running all the way to the tail end. Along both sides of the caterpillar were 2 rows of blue colored spots on pinacles the entire length of it. I kept on eye on it for a long time and it slowly made its way to the wooded area on the SW side of my yard. It was 4 1/2 inches long. I've never seen anything like it. I thought perhaps it was going to be a Lunar Moth.
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