Light pink color with metallic copper near the eyes. Found inside my garden
Pillar Point, CA
I found this black caterpillar today with long setae under a planter pot. When touched lightly, it is a rapid crawler. It has no red intersegmental bands or red elsewhere. The setae appear to be soft. I believe this is a Salt Marsh caterpillar which I have had here before. It was left undisturbed.