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Purple spiked caterpillar - Hemaris diffinis

Purple spiked caterpillar - Hemaris diffinis
Paoli, Orange County, Indiana, USA
September 12, 2015
Size: approx. 4cm
Found crawling on the ground. When disturbed, flipped quickly left-to-right-and-back into U shape, then "played possum".

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