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Charadra deridens
A white fuzzy caterpillar with a black painted ivory face.
On an old wooden wall about dense grass and below a large unidentified tree. It was dusk in mid September, not far from the Arkansas River. Climate was hot and humid.
My Video: https://youtu.be/uPjUmDsVofQ >>>>> Additional Reference(s): https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/spec...
Spotted on Sep 17, 2019
Submitted on Sep 20, 2019
2 Comments
Lol! It's actually something to do with the adult moth's wings, how at rest they resemble a laughing face, but I just don't see it!
Ha ha... I don't suppose you know where that common name came from?
(had the volume up full on the vid lol)