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Common Buckeye

Junonia coenia

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

Spiky caterpillar with blue spots

Habitat:

Field of dirt and sparse grass. The area received a lot of rain in the preceding weeks

Reference Links:

Common Buckeye - Junonia coenia - Overview, Junonia coenia, Species Junonia coenia - Common Buckeye - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Common Buckeye

Junonia coenia

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Comments (3)
Jellis
I've seen ones similar but not with the blue dots. And some caterpillars change patterns before the morph. But they come close to the Speyeria species

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Wildlife of the South East, USA
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Caterpillars and larvae of the World
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Wildlife of Georgia
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Arthropods of Georgia
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2016

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