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white Megalopygidae larva - Megalopyge
Copyright © 2008 David Almquist

white Megalopygidae larva - Megalopyge
Wade Tract, Georgia, USA
October 6, 2008
This may be an earlier instar Megalopyge crispata or M. pyxidifer. Wagner, in his 2005 Caterpillars of E NA, states that caterpillars of these spp are indistinguishable and Heppner's 2003 version of the leps of FL gives a range that would include S GA.
Contributed by David Almquist on 20 November, 2008 - 9:34pm
Last updated 10 December, 2008 - 9:26am

Moved
to genus level.
… Lynette Schimming, 10 December, 2008 - 9:26am

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