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Caterpillar

Photo by CEJ
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Field Notes

Description:

About 1" long.
Black and white bands.
Smooth skinned.
Orange head and orange false face at posterior.

Habitat:

In grape vine, knitted in leaf.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Paul Davis
I would say this is the caterpillar of one of the Forester moth speces ---Alypia sp , maybe early stage , but I am not certain.
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PublishedMay 11, 2018

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