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Caterpillar on Ragweed - Estigmene acrea
Copyright © 2011 Dan Irizarry

Caterpillar on Ragweed - Estigmene acrea
Clewiston, Hendry County, Florida, USA
March 27, 2011
These caterpillars were all over the blooming ragweed in Dinner Island WMA, near Clewiston, FL
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Contributed by Dan Irizarry on 28 March, 2011 - 8:03am
Last updated 4 April, 2011 - 8:48pm

are these the same?
Are these the guys hanging around my hometown of Aransas pass, Texas? They sure do look like 'em?
… aransasplumbing1, 15 April, 2011 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 4 April, 2011 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

Dan is taking a break...
and posting pictures on Bugguide! I just commented on your last beautiful moth. Thankyou for saying something about the plant, and I would like to add (since plant science is what I actually do these days) it is not in the genus Artemesia, for which we use the common name ragweed most often. It might be in the genus Senecio, most members of which have now been reclassified into the genus Packera. I'm not as familiar with the flora of Florida as I would like to be :-) A long while ago, I also submitted a photo of an Estigmene.
… Sara Tangren, 28 March, 2011 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

 
Artemisia?
I think you meant Ambrosia. Artemisia are sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort, etc.

As for Senecio, the proper common name would be ragwort rather than ragweed.
… Chuck Entz, 28 March, 2011 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

We would suggest
Estigmene
… john and jane balaban, 28 March, 2011 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

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