A few critters...

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A few critters...

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...I would like to label with their correct names.

Which end is front?
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I know this guy is a Hickory Tussock Moth caterpillar, but which end answers to that name?
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The next two were both on parsley:
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More:
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I think the gray bug may be a wheel bug....
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The first caterpillar is the larva of the Polyphemus moth. I like to use this website for caterpillar IDs: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Caterpillars

I don't recognize your bugs and I'm not sure where my bug guide is at right now...
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It isn't a luna moth. We collect those all the time. I'm 99% certain it is a polyphemus moth:

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?sear ... terpillars
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