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inch worm covered in flowers - Synchlora
Copyright © 2008 Toni Dudley

inch worm covered in flowers - Synchlora
Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, USA
August 5, 2008
Size: 3/4 in.
This caterpillar and several others like it were on blazing stars flowers. They bite off bits of the flower and stick it to them selves every morning. Most are making cocoons now. I moved this one to Queen Anne's lace to raise. It has stuck some flowers from that on itself also.

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inch worm covered in flowers - Synchlora inch worm covered in flowers - Synchlora inch worm covered in flowers - Synchlora emerald moth - Synchlora - female
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Contributed by Toni Dudley on 5 August, 2008 - 8:57pm
Last updated 18 November, 2009 - 8:06pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Beatriz Moisset, 2 September, 2008 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

Cool
Wow, neat little speciemen and interesting camoufladge strategy! Hope you get the id. Sorry I couldn't help.
… Antoine Hnain, 7 August, 2008 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

Synchlora
A geometer moth (Emerald), Synchlora species, compare:
… Cotinis, 5 August, 2008 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

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