No, 'saddleback caterpillar' is a common noun, a word for any of a type of caterpillar. A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. If your saddleback caterpillar has a name, its name would be a proper noun.
The caterpillar that is black with a lime green jacket is the Saddleback Caterpillar. These caterpillars can sting and it will be very painful.
a saddleback caterpillar
The saddleback caterpillar is poisonous. Some of the symptoms that are can result from brushing up against a saddleback caterpillar are a burn-like sting that can last for days, nausea, dizziness, rash, sweating, chills, and heart palpitations.
The accepted scientific name is Acharia stimulea.
Despite being extremely venomous, saddleback caterpillars are still eaten by birds that have adapted to avoid the spiny setae that deliver the saddleback caterpillar's venom.
A saddleback caterpillar is the larva of a moth native to the eastern United States, Latin name Sibine stimulea, which uually has a green and brown saddle-shaped mark on its back.
New Hampshire is home to a number of insects, including caterpillars. The Banded Woollybear Caterpillar Moth, Saddleback Caterpillar, Slug Caterpillar Moth, and Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth can all be found in NH.
Caterpillar is a young one of a butterfly or moth.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Sibine stimulea.
No. Neither adult nor caterpillar sting.
Butterflies or moths lay the eggs.