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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Amphipyrinae » Amphipyrini » Amphipyra » Copper Underwing - Hodges#9638 (Amphipyra pyramidoides)
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CATERPILLAR ON WIRE FENCE - Amphipyra pyramidoides
Copyright © 2012 Marcia A. Sessions

CATERPILLAR ON WIRE FENCE - Amphipyra pyramidoides
Greenville, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
May 14, 2012
Size: ~¾ "
Found this moving along a portion of green wire fence in my yard. It was larger than an inchworm and MUCH SMALLER than a Sphinx Moth caterpillar or a similarly large caterpillar of another species. Posterior is largest (in width) when compared to head. Reminds me of a Sphinx Moth Caterpillar, but MUCH SMALLER.
Photo 3. is a wider view.

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Contributed by Marcia A. Sessions on 16 May, 2012 - 7:45pm
Last updated 14 June, 2012 - 8:41pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Beatriz Moisset, 14 June, 2012 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Try Copper Underwing...
...it looks like a good match to me:
… Peter Edelman, 16 May, 2012 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

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