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Salt Marsh Caterpillar

Estigmene acrea

Description:

Larvae usually are dark, but sometimes are yellowish brown or straw colored. The larvae are marked by long body hairs, and these also vary in color from cream or grayish to yellowish brown to dark brown. Although they are decidedly hairy, the hairs are not as dense or as stiff as those found in woollybear larvae.

Habitat:

Lake Lewisville beach

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1 Comment

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Nice spotting! Perhaps you'd be interested in adding this to my mission, Moths of the World:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841...

joanbstanley
Spotted by
joanbstanley

Denton, Texas, USA

Spotted on Oct 16, 2012
Submitted on Oct 21, 2012

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