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Orchid-eating caterpillar
Copyright © 2007 john and jane balaban

Orchid-eating caterpillar
Finland, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
July 22, 2007
We found this Tiger Moth caterpillar feeding on a Purple Fringed Orchid, Platanthera psycodes, and assumed it must be some special caterpillar!

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 26 July, 2007 - 10:08pm
Last updated 22 September, 2007 - 12:00pm

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