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Slug-like, beige with black lateral spots and black "tail"
Found on underside of common milkweed leaf on mid vein. James Farm Ecological Preserve, 30048 Cedar Neck Road, Ocean View, DE 19970 Lat 38.57 Long -75.08
Spotted on May 31, 2019
Submitted on Jun 9, 2019
3 Comments
This looks like a species of Sphinx Moth caterpillar that has been parasitized. Because of it's condition, I am not sure that we will be able to figure out which species.
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Would like an identification for this caterpillar. Thanks, DHB