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Caterpillar - Haploa
Copyright © 2004 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Caterpillar - Haploa
Gainesville, Florida, USA
April 13, 2004
About 1", found on deck so host plant unknown, shown on native azalea from which it took a bite but no more
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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 15 April, 2004 - 8:54am
Last updated 30 July, 2006 - 9:44am

Possibly Haploa
A lepidopterist at UF narrows this down to genus Haploa, family Artiidae. Likely host plant is black cherry and/or oak based on the UF guy's observations and the fact that those are the trees I have in my yard.
Hannah N-M
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