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Giant Leopard Moth caterpillar

Hypercompe scribonia

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Black "hairy" caterpillar

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MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 12 years ago
Giant Leopard Moth caterpillar
Hypercompe scribonia Giant Leopard Moth


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2 Comments

CameronWhite
CameronWhite 12 years ago

Cool pic. I raised one of these and released it as a moth a few days ago

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 12 years ago

Nice spotting. The giant Leopard moth that this turns into is a very pretty moth. I have spotted the moth, but not the caterpillars.
photo of moth
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/894...

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retrozebra
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retrozebra

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Spotted on Apr 17, 2012
Submitted on Apr 17, 2012

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