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Pecan tree caterpillar
Copyright © 2009 madduxm

Pecan tree caterpillar
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 29, 2009
Size: 1/2"
These have been falling on us from our mature pecan trees. We also caught a wasp feeding on one.

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Contributed by madduxm on 31 May, 2009 - 9:15am
Last updated 21 October, 2009 - 6:51am

Moved
Moved from Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth.
… John R. Maxwell, 21 October, 2009 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 26 June, 2009 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Not clear why you moved it here
Did you look at Apoda y-inversum in Wagner. It seems an exact match.
… john and jane balaban, 27 June, 2009 - 12:03am login or register to post comments

Looks like
Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth - Lithacodes fasciola
… Bob Barber, 31 May, 2009 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

Or maybe one of the slug moths
such as Apoda y-inversum
… john and jane balaban, 31 May, 2009 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

Hairstreak caterpillars
look like that
… margarethe brummermann, 31 May, 2009 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

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