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cattail caterpillar

simyra insularis

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Field Notes

Description:

orange black and white, some hair, an awesome face

Reference Links:

Species Simyra insularis - Cattail Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#9280 - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Parasemia plantaginis
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Comments (4)
antimatterhands
also have one with horns: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7105703
antimatterhands
this is the spiky one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7170091

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Caterpillars and larvae of the World

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PublishedSeptember 5, 2011

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