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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Prodeniini » Armyworm Moths (Spodoptera) » Gray-streaked Armywom Moth - Hodges#9673 (Spodoptera albula)
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Friend or Foe - Spodoptera albula
Copyright © 2009 minikittycat

Friend or Foe - Spodoptera albula
Brandon, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
August 9, 2009
Size: 2.5-3 inches
We have never had anything eat through are Pentas before. These little guys are doing a job on them. I would like to know what they are. Mostly to know if they are poisonous or not. Since they may be relocated. I don't want to use anything harmful to the butterflies on the Pentas.
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Contributed by minikittycat on 9 August, 2009 - 7:23pm
Last updated 18 January, 2012 - 3:15pm

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Harmless to you, foe to your Pentas.
They look like Yellow-striped armyworm. Spodoptera ornithogalli.
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