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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Agaristinae » Alypia » Eight-spotted Forester - Hodges#9314 (Alypia octomaculata)
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Unknown caterpiller - Alypia octomaculata
Copyright © 2009 sully5604

Unknown caterpiller - Alypia octomaculata
Kane County, Illinois, USA
June 28, 2009
Size: 1"
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Contributed by sully5604 on 21 July, 2009 - 8:35pm
Last updated 26 July, 2009 - 10:23am

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… Ethan Friedman, 26 July, 2009 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

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… Ethan Friedman, 26 July, 2009 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

yep
thats a lovely picture
heres one from the guide
Eight-spotted Forester - Hodges#9314 (Alypia octomaculata)
… shotguneddie, 21 July, 2009 - 11:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!!
I appreciate the help! I am updating my flickr site with the correct names of the insects I've taken pictures of.
… sully5604, 22 July, 2009 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

yep
heres a pic from the guide
thats a beautiful picture by the way :-)
… shotguneddie, 21 July, 2009 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

alypia?
Eight spotted forester or closely related species?
… Joe Zito, 21 July, 2009 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

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