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Amphipyra pyramidoides
A beautiful light green body with black spiracles, and a line running along the side of its body. This white and yellow line connects the spiracles. Also has white spots all over its body.
Forest, crawling on multiflora rose.
The specific epithet pyramidoides refers to the hump near the posterior end of the caterpillar. Interestingly enough, this caterpillar was on multiflora rose, an invasive species. BugGuide lists its usual host plants as apple, basswood, hawthorn, maple, oak, walnut, raspberry, grape, and greenbrier. In the first and second pictures, it's throwing up a yellow liquid to deter predators (in this case, me). Found at Barbara A. Beiser Field Station.
Spotted on May 18, 2011
Submitted on Dec 16, 2011
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as do I.
Indio Jones, yes indeed. I placed my hand lens in front of my camera for the first shot. I like how it turned out!
Lat, was that a glass magnifying glass you placed in front of the camera?