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Luna Moth caterpillar - Actias luna
Copyright © 2015 Alyssa7414

Luna Moth caterpillar - Actias luna
Woodlake, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
August 15, 2015
Is this a Polyphemus Moth caterpillar? I touched it and it didn't move. It also seemed a bit hard. Was it beginning to make a cocoon/pupa?

updated 9/1/15
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Contributed by Alyssa7414 on 1 September, 2015 - 12:14am
Last updated 1 September, 2015 - 2:45pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ryan St Laurent, 1 September, 2015 - 6:07am login or register to post comments

Luna Moth cat…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 1 September, 2015 - 12:28am login or register to post comments

 
thanks. Was it making a cocoo
thanks. Was it making a cocoon, do you think, or just hanging around?
… Alyssa7414, 1 September, 2015 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

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