Anyone know what kind of bug this is?

[ahbee01]

It was bored into a Hungarian hot pepper! I haven't seen anything like it before! can anyone help! Reminds me of a horn worm, of course, not the color but how it feels and such! A lot smaller too !TIA,
Brenda

 

[nittygrittydirtdigger]

First thought: It's an icky kind.

But I wonder if it's a caterpillar of some sort?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Here are a couple of possibilities. I've never seen the fall armyworm, but that would be my guess. I've seen plenty of corn earworms and they are not that darkly marked.

Corn earworm - Early instars - cream colored or yellowish-green with few markings; later instars - green, reddish, or brown with pale longitudinal stripes and scattered black spots; moderately hairy; up to 44 mm long; 3 pairs of legs, 5 pairs of prolegs; leaves holes in peppers

Fall armyworm - Green, brown, or black caterpillar with black stripe down each side and yellowish-gray stripe down back; body up to 40 mm long; 3 pairs of legs near head and 5 pairs of prolegs; head capsule with pale, but distinct inverted Y; eats leaves and gouges fruit

 

[chills]

i thought armyworm too, but the pic's on my favorite link didnt match ..
heres my link if it helps any

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/GARDEN/VEGES/PESTS/armyworm.html