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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

light brown, smooth

Habitat:

rose garden

Notes:

I spotted this at work today. I've never seen a caterpillar like this.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
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What a strange little face. Great photos!
Dan Doucette
Thanks Karen, it does look a lot like it but the heads look different to me. It still might it though, I'm not sure. Carolina, I think they are down in the front of its face like in the second photo, but I'm not sure. It is a strange looking head when you really look at it.
Carolina
What a cool caterpillar, Dan! Are those it eyes on the left side of its face?
KarenL
It looks very much like one of my recent spottings, a maple spanworm - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7282875

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Wildlife of the Niagara Region

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PublishedOctober 4, 2011

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