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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Melitaeini » Patches, Checkerspots (Chlosyne) » Silvery Checkerspot - Hodges#4490 (Chlosyne nycteis)
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ID requested - Chlosyne nycteis
Copyright © 2010 larry thompson

ID requested - Chlosyne nycteis
Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
August 8, 2010
This caterpillar was on the leaf of a cone flower about a foot of the ground. It did not seem to be eating the leaf. Any help with an ID will be appreciated.
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Contributed by larry thompson on 10 August, 2010 - 3:42pm
Last updated 11 August, 2010 - 8:51am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 11 August, 2010 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

looks like
Silvery Checkerspot - Chlosyne nycteis, and they use cone flower as a host
… Bob Barber, 10 August, 2010 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Silvery Checkerspot caterpillar ID
Bob thanks for the help. Silvery Checkerspots are common in my flower garden. It is good to know what the caterpillar looks like.
… larry thompson, 11 August, 2010 - 7:17am login or register to post comments

Check out the butterflies in the Nymphalidae
while you wait for an expert to respond.
… john and jane balaban, 10 August, 2010 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Nymphalidae caterpillar
Thanks for your quick response to my request. You put me on the right path.
… larry thompson, 11 August, 2010 - 7:19am login or register to post comments

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