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Unknown Caterpillar - Spodoptera dolichos
Copyright © 2008 EclecticNature

Unknown Caterpillar - Spodoptera dolichos
St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
September 18, 2008
Size: 4-5 cm
found this eating fennel

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Unknown Caterpillar - Spodoptera dolichos Unknown Caterpillar - Spodoptera dolichos
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Contributed by EclecticNature on 27 September, 2008 - 8:07pm
Last updated 18 January, 2012 - 3:13pm

Moved
Moved from Armyworms.
… john and jane balaban, 18 January, 2012 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

Ack... this one is driving me
Ack... this one is driving me crazy... I know when it's id'd by someone here, I will say "duh" to myself b/c it looks so gosh darned familiar.
… Nina, 27 September, 2008 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

 
maybe...
Noctua pronuba
… Nina, 27 September, 2008 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

 
er, proabably not
posted in other photo--probably yellow striped armyworm
… Nina, 27 September, 2008 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

 
LOL
it kinda looks like both.
… EclecticNature, 27 September, 2008 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

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