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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Spilosomina » Hyphantria » Fall Webworm Moth - Hodges#8140 (Hyphantria cunea)
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Caterpillar on Blazingstars - Hyphantria cunea
Copyright © 2010 Sara Tangren

Caterpillar on Blazingstars - Hyphantria cunea
Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
September 19, 2002
Perhaps a salt marsh moth (Estigmene acrea)? But it is more than 1,000 yards from the nearest marsh, a tidal, freshwater marsh. It is eating the flowering bud of a blazingstar, Liatris pilosa, in a dry sunny field. Please confirm id or shoot me down :-)
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Contributed by Sara Tangren on 2 January, 2010 - 6:04pm
Last updated 13 September, 2016 - 3:28pm

Moved
Moved from Salt Marsh Moth.
… john and jane balaban, 13 September, 2016 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tiger Moths.
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Moved
Moved from Obsolete family - Arctiidae is now Arctiinae.
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… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 January, 2010 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID, but I'll cast a vote for
E. acrea. According to the Guide, it can be found in "open wooded areas, meadows, farm fields, weedy waste places, prairie grasslands, and marshes - including salt marshes."
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 January, 2010 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
probably not estigmene acrea.
Some setae here are extremely long in the front, which is not a common characteristic of Estigmene acrea.
… roar, 6 January, 2010 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Not an ID
Please wait for an expert, but reminds me of Hyphantria cunea:
… Lynn Bergen, 12 January, 2010 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
First impressions
My first impression was that this caterpillar is more likely to be a Fall webworm than a salt marsh caterpillar.
For reference, I submit this. I concur with Lynn...wait for an expert.
… LynnPritchett, 12 September, 2016 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

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