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Brown-hooded Owlet caterpillar

Cucullia convexipennis

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Description:

several inches long, brite yellow black and white striped with red lateral marks along underside visible along the posterior body end

Habitat:

Resting on the leaf surface of a goldenrod plant leaf, in mid-day, highly visible.
is this aposematism? Is this caterpillar chemically defended?

Species ID Suggestions

Brown-hooded Owlet

Cucullia convexipennis

Reference Link
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Comments (2)
bayucca
Noctuidae, Cuculliinae, Cucullia sp. and most probably Cucullia convexipennis. http://bugguide.net/node/view/136965/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/221478/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/6725/bgpage

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PublishedOctober 14, 2013

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