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Yellow-striped armyworm moth caterpillar

Spodoptera ornithogalli

Description:

Minute caterpillar, just 5 mm long. Red-tinged green red & yellow striped with black "eyes" towards the rear.

Habitat:

Semi rural wildlife habitat. On rudbeckia in our butterfly garden.

Notes:

Not sure if this is a skipper or a moth.

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3 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks CricketsBlog!

Nancy4
Nancy4 11 years ago

Not a worm!!! It's a catipillar

CricketsBlog
CricketsBlog 11 years ago

I'm pretty sure this is an armyworm of some kind. I found one of these boring through a tomato plant in my yard a couple months ago!

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Franklin, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Aug 7, 2012
Submitted on Aug 8, 2012

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