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Smaller Parasa Moth

Parasa chloris

Photo by QWMom
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Description:

This tiny green and brown moth was hanging onto the exterior wall of a park building. There is another very similar Parasa moth species in our area, but I think this is the smaller of the two. P. chloris has a strange-looking slug caterpillar with stinging spines that looks like something out a bad sci-fi movie. Meanwhile, its relative Parasa indetermina (Stinging Rose Caterpillar) has a slug caterpillar that is also stinging, but that is brilliantly colored and looks like something out of an art glass exhibit. I would love to see either of unusual larva.

Habitat:

Range: Southern New England south to east Texas. Disjunct population in southern Arizona.
Habitat: Deciduous forests
Food: Larvae feed on deciduous trees and shrubs, including apple, dogwood, elms and oaks.

Notes:

Spotted near the Lake Allatoona Visitor's Center, Cartersville, GA

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