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American Lady Caterpillar

Vanessa virginiensis

Photo by tomk3886
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Field Notes

Description:

Caterpillar with alternating black and green bands. Black bands have two white spots after the first three. Black spines and short white hairs.

Habitat:

Found on unidentified plant in our vegetable garden.

Species ID Suggestions

American Lady caterpillar

Vanessa virginiensis

Reference Link
LivanEscudero
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Comments (2)
LivanEscudero
I'm pretty sure that's it. Here's another website: https://www.caterpillaridentification.org/information.php?primary_name=american-lady-butterfly-caterpillar

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PublishedOctober 6, 2021

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