can anyone identify this caterpillar?

[Kali]

I have a bit of a phobia and looking at too many images starts to give me a panic attack.

sorry for no scale it is probably about 2-2.5 inches long

[Walleye]

1. Looks to me like what we used to call a tent caterpillar

Do you see any spiderwebs like nests in the trees full of caterpillars? Sometimes they can devastate the leaves on a tree

[billh58]

5. I think you're

correct:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=black+caterpillar+with+white+stripe+down+back&id=D98C352FA8BE4895663BB61B4D2BEBB486476312&form=IQFRBA&tsc=ImageHoverTitle&first=1&disoverlay=1

[Kali]

8. the tent caterpillars around here have hair

this thing is pretty smooth. ugh just saw another one. I think they may be coming from some tall annual grass weed that showed up in the yard this year, has wide leaves and no seed heads yet.

[Callalily]

2. It may be a scarlet tiger moth caterpillar.

[Kali]

9. those look more hairy

this thing is pretty smooth. son said it has some red underneath, maybe the legs? will force myself to look at the next one.

[progressoid]

3. Steven

Not to be confused with Stephen.

[Sneederbunk]

10. But a dead ringer for Herb.

[Kali]

14. ...

[Chainfire]

4. It looks very much like a Catawba worm.

Does it have a "horn?" (hard to tell in the photo) If not, it is probably something else.

[Kali]

11. I don't think it does

it has almost psuedo eyespots and a big wide head

here is the Catawba Worm:

[Docreed2003]

6. Not sure...but it looks like a VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

[Kali]

13. they always are

[Docreed2003]

15. Put out an apple tonight, and two pears tomorrow night

If it eats them, you know it's true...

(Sorry, couldn't resist more Very Hungry Caterpillar references)

[apcalc]

7. Yellow striped armyworm moth

[Kali]

12. we get some kind of armyworms, usually in the fall

and I do think it is coming out of some grass, but doesn't look the same. this thing has a big wide black head and those almost eyespots at the tail end.

here is the yellow striped armyworm -

[Donkees]

16. Might be a type of 'sawfly larvae' (?)

Figure 29. Late instar of Neodiprion gilletei feeding on ponderosa pine

https://www.fs.fed.us/r3/resources/health/field-guide/fid/pine-sawflies.shtml

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