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Datana (pos Contracted Datana - Datana contracta) - Datana contracta
Copyright © 2004 Lynette Schimming

Datana (pos Contracted Datana - Datana contracta) - Datana contracta
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
September 1, 2004
One of my very favorite pictures. I have a bunch of Datana...they all look very similar.
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 26 January, 2005 - 8:05pm
Last updated 13 February, 2009 - 6:45pm

Moved
Moved from Datana.
… Lynette Schimming, 13 February, 2009 - 6:45pm

D. contracta
Yes, looks like D. contracta
… Bob Barber, 13 February, 2009 - 6:12pm

They are confusingly similar
How do you tell them all apart?
… john and jane balaban, 27 January, 2005 - 7:28pm

 
Not well!
I don't tell them apart well, but I've tried to from using the description given on Caterpillars of Eastern Forests and my Peterson Guide to Caterpillars. Between the Contracted Datana and Yellow-necked Datana, and Drexel's Datana I'm about as frustrated as I am when I try to ID Duskywings! Another helpful site...
www.forestryimages.org.
… Lynette Schimming, 27 January, 2005 - 8:28pm

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