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Salt Marsh Moth Caterpillar
Estigmene acrea
41.5564, -73.2218
Field Notes
Description:
Very hairy orange caterpillar with long, soft setae projecting from its body. Its body, underneath the hairs, was white. These caterpillars are highly variable in color.
Habitat:
Habitat: Spotted on vegetation growing on the edge of a pond.
Notes:
Larvae feed on a huge variety of weedy plants, including ground cherry, milkweed, dog fennel, and mallow, in addition to crops and trees such as alfalfa, asparagus, bean, beet, cabbage, carrot, celery, clover, corn, cotton, lettuce, onion, pea, potato, soybean, sugarbeet, tobacco, tomato, turnip, alder, apple, cherry, elderberry, pear, and poplar.
Reference Links:
Estigmene acrea - Wikipedia
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2018
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