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unidentified caterpillar - Dasychira meridionalis
Copyright © 2007 Peggy

unidentified caterpillar - Dasychira meridionalis
Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
August 17, 2007
Size: inch and a half long
some kind of caterpillar, I would think.

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unidentified caterpillar - Dasychira meridionalis unidentified caterpillar -- another view - Dasychira meridionalis
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Contributed by Peggy on 18 August, 2007 - 7:13am
Last updated 26 December, 2008 - 2:21pm

Moved
Moved from Dasychira.
… john and jane balaban, 26 December, 2008 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

Plumed black setae,
and fairly numerous, so we would say meridionalis
… john and jane balaban, 26 December, 2008 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be a member of the
genus Dasychira, in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 2 September, 2007 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

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