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Spotting

Description:

Colony of 2 mm long green caterpillars

Habitat:

Semi rural backyard habitat

Notes:

On the underside of a maple leaf on a tree we planted last year.

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3 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

:-)
Luckily I think the majority will be snapped up by the bluebirds!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Will do Johan! I've seen similar caterpillars on different host plants so I'm not sure if they are the same or different species.

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 11 years ago

If you find the ID, let me know please. Have a similar spotting but in my case the caterpillars hang from this silk threads on their way to the ground. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/121...

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Franklin, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Sep 1, 2012
Submitted on Sep 2, 2012

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