want to identify this caterpillar? - updated

[monkeylicious]

found a little yellow guy on our patio umbrella this morning. yellow, black dots along back, hairy, but no wings or tufts (like one i saw online)

picture later

[klpmommy]

sounds like a wooly bear

but to really help, I would need to know where you are located. I think I remember.

[monkeylicious]

i'm near baltimore, md

thanks

i promis a pic is coming, but i need more time to deal with that and my parents will be here in a couple hours - major cleaning going on... so what is dh doing?? putting together the entertainment console and big tv he purchased this morning. guess we both procrastinate!

[klpmommy]

I would have guessed TOTALLY wrong! :haha I won't admit to where I thought you lived!

Let me look around. I love identifying caterpillars. :)

[monkeylicious]

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Caterpillars

identified our caterpillar. sorry i didn't post a pic... have had family in town this weekend and working on dh's laptop instead of my desktop where i can upload pics and such!