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Skipper Caterpillar - Epargyreus clarus

Skipper Caterpillar - Epargyreus clarus
Daphne (Village Point Preserve), Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
June 30, 2010
Size: 4-6mm
I'm thinking this is a Silver-spotted Skipper cat, because I saw several adults in the near vicinity. I will know for sure when I have a ID of the asymmetrical leaf on a fuzzy vine.

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Skipper Caterpillar - Epargyreus clarus Skipper Caterpillar - Epargyreus clarus

Moved
Moved from Epargyreus.

Moved
Moved from Skippers.

UPDATE
The plant is a Hyacinth Bean Vine (Lablab purpureus)

two spots
Does it have the two spots on its head?

 
It Has
Two big, red eyes and a red neck

 
Bama Bar resident
See lots of these in AR.

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