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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Zygaenoidea » Leaf Skeletonizer Moths (Zygaenidae) » Harrisina » Grapeleaf Skeletonizer - Hodges#4624 (Harrisina americana)
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Another Caterpillar - Harrisina americana
Copyright © 2008 Keri

Another Caterpillar - Harrisina americana
George Washington Birthplace NM, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
Size: 2 or 3 mm
Can anyone ID this little critter? I actually picked it off a visitor's shirt and placed it on a tree. I've never seen one like this before: yellow with black spots. Hopefully someone will be able to give me more information.
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Contributed by Keri on 20 September, 2008 - 1:11pm
Last updated 18 October, 2008 - 4:14pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 18 October, 2008 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Grapeleaf Skeletonizer
compare below and see guide:



Do you really mean 2 or 3mm, not cm, though?
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 20 September, 2008 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

 
mm vs cm
Ms. Hannah,

I do mean millimeters. The one I photographed was TINY. I should have held something up to it for scale but I was more concerned about getting the picture than anything.
… Keri, 20 September, 2008 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
I wonder why it would be wandering, at such a small size. Maybe it fell off a host plant onto the visitor. Or perhaps there's something else that looks like it - I'll be interested to see if anyone else comments. Tom's one above has no size, so it's hard to know whether his was tiny, too.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 20 September, 2008 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

 
I think it did fall off
I think it did fall off its host plant, whatever that may have been. The lady didn't have any idea it was crawling around on her blouse until I saw her.
… Keri, 20 September, 2008 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

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