Caterpillars on House: Wrong Expert Category

Question: Black caterpillars with yellow stripes, fuzzy, climbing deck and house siding. Source? Removal?

Answer: I Only Handle Vertebrate Wildlife

Caterpillars = insects (no backbone). My field is often mis-categorized as "pest control" (public sees nuisance wildlife as pests).

Like librarians debating: Churchill biography → History or Biography section?

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