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Eight Spotted Forester

Alypia octomaculata

Photo by dferris
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Field Notes

Description:

Caterpillar found in Prairie in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Species ID Suggestions

Eight-spotted Forester

Alypia octomaculata

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bayucca
Noctuidae, Agaristinae, Alypia octomaculata. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alypia2.JPG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alypia_octomaculata http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Alypia-octomaculata http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9314
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PublishedJune 6, 2014

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