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Azalea Caterpillar - Hodges #7905 - Datana major
Copyright © 2008 Robert Lord Zimlich

Azalea Caterpillar - Hodges #7905 - Datana major
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
September 29, 2008
This Azalea Caterpillar (Datana major} represents the last Gulf Coast brood of the season. I added a couple of them to my "over winter" nursery along with a Giant Leopard Moth caterpillar. Spring should be interesting.
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 27 October, 2008 - 6:37am
Last updated 19 December, 2009 - 10:28am

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