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Field Notes

Description:

Colony of 2 mm long green caterpillars

Habitat:

Semi rural backyard habitat

Notes:

On the underside of a maple leaf on a tree we planted last year.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
KarenL
:-) Luckily I think the majority will be snapped up by the bluebirds!
KarenL
Will do Johan! I've seen similar caterpillars on different host plants so I'm not sure if they are the same or different species.
Johan Heyns
If you find the ID, let me know please. Have a similar spotting but in my case the caterpillars hang from this silk threads on their way to the ground. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/12193012

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PublishedSeptember 2, 2012

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