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Apatelodes torrefacta
in field, late summer. Feeding on blackberry.
Spotted on Sep 25, 2013
Submitted on Oct 11, 2013
3 Comments
I'm afraid I don't have any more pictures, forestdragon, but I think that's it. It certainly looks right. Sources list it as feeding on Prunus species, but apparently other things in the rose family will work as well. Thanks!!
Perhaps Spotted Apatelodes, Apatelodes torrefacta :
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4765
http://bugguide.net/node/view/689758/bgi...
Laura, do you have any other views of this neat caterpillar?
May be a young dagger moth catarpillar