Is this caterpillar dead?

Question

So I went to Lowe's yesterday and picked up some clearance plants and while I was trimming this one, I noticed a caterpillar. My boyfriend touched it and it didn't move. I told him I think it's ready to become a cocoon. But I've never garden before nor know about wildlife. Does anyone else have insight to this?

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Looks like a tobacco budworm. It’ll ruin your flowers. It’s color comes from eating the flower buds. It looks living but don’t be sad if it does die. They can be super invasive.

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That isn’t a usual or good spot for a caterpillar to stop. They usually find a place a little more protected and will hang head down in a j shape. A moth with make a cocoon (so they’ll be active but stationary) and a caterpillar will molt its skin and a chrysalis will be underneath (they won’t be active). It is hard to tell about the caterpillar you have pictured.

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Doesn’t look dead but you might wanna relocate him so he doesn’t bully your flowers

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Well. If they are touched for a bit, they should curl up when alive. But that doesn't look like a catepillar, it might be something you don't want to live on your plats. But I am not familiar with your areas bugs and pests, so can't say, what it is.

Is this caterpillar dead?

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