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Pink-striped oakworm moth

Anisota virginiensis

Photo by TammyGlaser
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Field Notes

Description:

The caterpillar was green and fat with a dull orange head. The antenna were pulled backwards like the reigns of a horse and the body looked spiky. It appeared to have thread clinging to it. It was crawling along at a rapid clip on the railing of the boardwalk.

Habitat:

bald cypress swamp near a lake--on Wright's Bluff Nature Trail

Reference Links:

Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepi…

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