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Milkweed tussock moth caterpillar

euchaetias egle

Description:

These little guys looked like pieces of frayed yard on the back of a milkweed plant.

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Milkweed tussock moth caterpillar
Euchaetes egle Euchaetes egle


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2 Comments

iPlayBanjoNow
iPlayBanjoNow 12 years ago

Alice, you were right about that. I thought monarchs were the only caterpillars that laid eggs and dined on milkweed. Learned something today.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Thanks for telling us what they were on, that is one step forward in ID work.

AnthonyGreen
Spotted by
AnthonyGreen

Lebanon, Kentucky, USA

Spotted on Jun 25, 2011
Submitted on Jun 26, 2011

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