Name: Sally central Maryland (Zone 7b) See you in the funny papers!
Looks like a caterpillar to me. Its not slimy looking. The kind sometimes eats my Brugmansias and leaves poo pellets. . See if it has feet. Feet= caterpillar.
Slugs usually hide from the light, and Ive never seen slug poo that I'm aware of.
I say this emperor has no clothes.
