answered 6/30/2009 My Daughter Found A Hairy Black And Orange Caterpillar And She Wants To Keep It Until It Turns Into A Butterfly But We Want To Make Sure We Take Good Care Of It And It Is May And There Is No Leaves On The Trees Yet We Don't Know What To Feed It Please Can You Help? I have a caterpillar that has black fur with some orange stripes in his skin...Does anybody have any idea what kind he is? Just want to make sure he is not poisonous my little girl would like to keep him as a pet...