Any Ideas?

This large caterpillar was on a young slash pine branch last week. It had been eating the sappy green needles. It is the diameter of my index finger and almost as long. I was bush-hogging and this big worm almost hit me in the face....lol. It's camo matches the pine stem.

At 60 years old and living in the Deep South all my life I thought I had seen it all in the natural world, but this one has eluded me. My forester buddy has no clue either.

Haven't been able to locate an exact specimen on the internet either.

Maybe you have discovered a new species. If so you're going to have to name it.

Im thinking its gonna be a large moth...but other than that....no clue.

Imperial Moth Caterpillar???

That camo is amazing.

Tried SEEK app on it but could not identify.

I believe it’s the pine devil caterpillar and turns into a moth.

https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Citheronia-sepulcralis

I think you are correct!

That's the closes Ive seen for the ID.

Saw something like that on an episode of Star Trek, lol

Alien sap sucker

I was going to say it looked like a Hickory Horned Devil but not the right colors

Must be cousins