# Insect Identification

**URL:** <https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/insect-identification/3950>\
**Category:** Off Topic\
**Tags:** insects\
**Created:** [May 20, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/insect-identification/3950 "2025-05-20T23:19:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amaranthus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/amaranthus/32/10527_2.png) [@Amaranthus](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Amaranthus)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/insect-identification/3950/1 "2025-05-20T23:19:54Z")

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Saw this little guy sitting on my serrano pepper leaf. I thought he was bird poop!

Is this a cuckoo bee?

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**Author:** ![DesertWillow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@DesertWillow](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/DesertWillow)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/insect-identification/3950/2 "2025-05-23T15:37:25Z")

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Looks like an orangedog, the caterpillar of giant swallowtail butterfly.

> **[Scott Arboretum | The Bird Poop Caterpillar](https://www.scottarboretum.org/birdpoopcaterpillar/)**