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Salt Marsh Moth

Estigmene acrea

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Description:

A thick caterpillar about 2 inches long. It crawled extremely quickly, faster than I've ever seen a caterpillar go!

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Jellis
Jellis 6 years ago
Salt Marsh Moth caterpillar
Estigmene acrea Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera


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2 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

A beautiful caterpillar....

Noahs Ark
Noahs Ark 6 years ago

Thanks, Jellis for the ID!

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Noahs Ark
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Mountain View, California, USA

Spotted on Jul 24, 2016
Submitted on May 15, 2017

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