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Photo by Christi4
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Field Notes

Description:

Saw several of these white fringed beauties eating discarded sumac leaves. Approximately 1 inch long, there were 10 - 12 of them in the shade at the edge of the backyard. Notices a lot of white fringe debris suggesting that this is a fragile disguise or possible this is discarded as they mature. Observed a single caterpillar on the Japanese maple in the back, with much less fringe.

Habitat:

Dry backyard in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.

Notes:

I have several good videos, but do not know how to upload.

Species ID Suggestions

scale bug

Coccoidea sp.

Reference Link
Ornithoptera80
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Comments (1)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Hello Christi4 and welcome to the Project Noah community! Project Noah is a tool for people to learn about wildlife, share wildlife spottings, build nature journals and engage in citizen science. Here you will find a friendly community of people passionate about wildlife and conservation. We are thrilled for you to join Project Noah. We hope you enjoy our website and community as much as us! Enjoy yourself, learn, share and I will see you around :)

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Caterpillars of the Southeastern USA
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