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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Phobetron » Hag Moth - Hodges#4677 (Phobetron pithecium)
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Monkey Slug - Phobetron pithecium
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Monkey Slug - Phobetron pithecium
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
September 24, 2004
It was great fun to find one of these. I also found some galls that were on the same leaves that strangley resembled this caterpillar. At first I thought they were young caterpillars...they are the hairiest galls I've ever seen.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 26 January, 2005 - 6:20am
Last updated 20 November, 2007 - 9:59am

Agreed
I love finding these as well. They are surprisingly small. I always imagined they were bigger.

Caterpillars have been my favorite subject for awhile, and among caterpillars I really like the slug caterpillars.
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