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Darling Underwing Larva

Catocala cara

Photo by dferris
Published on Project Noah
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44.0993, -95.6864

Field Notes

Description:

~ 3 inches long, very well camouflaged.

Habitat:

Found on a willow in a flooded tall grass prairie at Lake Shetek State Park.

Notes:

Found on a small willow after it was cut.

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Comments (1)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Awesome capture dferris1 ,amazing mimetic look,congrats and thanks for sharing

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PublishedJune 19, 2014

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