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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Argyrogrammatini » Trichoplusia » Cabbage Looper Moth - Hodges#8887 (Trichoplusia ni)
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Moth to blacklight, eggs and caterpillars - Trichoplusia ni
Copyright © 2017 Clay Nichols

Moth to blacklight, eggs and caterpillars - Trichoplusia ni
Oklahoma City North Rockwell and Memorial, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
April 21, 2017
Size: 1 mm
Newly hatched caterpillar making frass. Bulbous head at 1 o'clock. Anus/cloaca at green blotch. Moth scales in background. I think he/she got stuck by the frass. These guys were on the move. Incubation time ~4 days.

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Contributed by Clay Nichols on 26 April, 2017 - 11:00pm
Last updated 27 April, 2017 - 7:23am

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