I had to search for these two, but I knew that they ate banana leaves.
These are Saddleback caterpillars/Archaria stimulea.
They are beautiful. The hairs are their stingers. Their venom is painful.
I was stung by one over thirty years ago. I still remember the shock of it.
Itty bitty, greenie weanie, tiny little stinging meanie.
FLOWER
floweralley 
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Ces petites bêtes peuvent faire très mal.
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Yes. They can behave badly, but only to protect their tiny selves. It’s not like they can run or fly away. Ha
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Wow! I’ve never seen a caterpillar like that. The little coloured “saddle” reminds me of racehorse livery.
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Lol, I like that you made winter coats for them!! How interesting nature is.
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They look amazing, like they have little jackets on over their bodies.
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So did you dispatch them into their next incarnation? It is hard to share garden space with meanies.
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No. I love them from afar. They are too cute to kill.
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What an amazing wee beastie, if I found a caterpillar like that in our garden, I would think I had mistakenly started taking drugs! It reminds me of Dougal, from the Magic Roudabout, a kids TV programme in the UK from the 1960s 🙂
I see, as per the norm for such beasties, the moth is very unexciting! Lol!! And I’m pleased to read that you speak so affectionately towards them, despite being stung so many years ago, as you said in a previous comment, they have to defend themselves! 🙂
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Never seen that little guy before. What state are you in?
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North Carolina. Hi Cathy!
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He stings because he’s afraid we’ll steal his smart jacket. Oh, you always have a surprise! And I do love your little jingle at the end.
Ellington
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I am silly!
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