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purple caterpillar with orange and yellow stripes - Cucullia
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Schimming

purple caterpillar with orange and yellow stripes - Cucullia
Sumner, Pierce County, Washington, USA
September 9, 2009
Found this on one of the plants in the nursery. I believe it was on a stepable groundcover called miniature daisy. I brought it home and it seems to be eating the Rudbeckia.

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purple caterpillar with orange and yellow stripes - Cucullia purple caterpillar with orange and yellow stripes - Cucullia purple caterpiller eating aster - Cucullia
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 9 September, 2009 - 8:17pm
Last updated 16 September, 2009 - 9:38pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 16 September, 2009 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

One of the relatives
of the Asteroid. Someday we'll find out how many species look like this and maybe how to tell them apart.
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2009 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Host
I have both goldenrod and aster, I'll try feeding it those. Thanks.
… Lynette Schimming, 9 September, 2009 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

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