It's like invasion of the purple worm, defoliating my Cotinus
but I guess they don't start out purple--I found a couple tiny ones like this
There is also this beetle that likes to eat this tree
I'm having a hard time believing these larvae turn into this beetle because the big purple worms are so much bigger than the little beetles, but earlier this spring the tree had a lot of these beetles and they pretty much ate most of the new leaves...and they probably laid a bunch of eggs
any ideas what these are???
Thanks
