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Cotton Ear Worm (Tomato grub)

Helicoverpa armigera

Description:

Small caterpillar with lateral banding of colors and black dots. Later instars become green. The adult moth is very plain.

Habitat:

This Cotton Ear Worm found in grass that was previously a vegetable garden before the Buxton bushfires.

Notes:

Thanks to Leuba for ID.

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4 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

Leuba has identified my unknown spotting from what was my father's burned vegetable garden in Buxton. You've solved it!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/919...

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Very pretty!

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Dec 29, 2011
Submitted on Dec 29, 2011

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