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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Agaristinae » Alypia » Eight-spotted Forester - Hodges#9314 (Alypia octomaculata)
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eight spotted forester caterpillar - Alypia octomaculata
Copyright © 2012 ROBIN ARMSTRONG SEEBER

eight spotted forester caterpillar - Alypia octomaculata
West Alexander, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 31, 2012
Size: 2.7cm
I am raising this caterpillar, growing so fast I can hardly keep up with the photos !

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Contributed by ROBIN ARMSTRONG SEEBER on 31 May, 2012 - 10:39pm
Last updated 29 June, 2012 - 7:32pm

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… john and jane balaban, 27 June, 2012 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

Correct! But I think you knew that :)
I assume he/she is munching on Wild Concord Grape? I just saw what the adult looks like, WOW, what a beautiful moth! Even the caterpillar is quite exotic looking. Do these occur in Florida I wonder? I have a lot of Muscadine Grape in my area, if so I would love to raise one!
Be Well and God Bless
… Mamata Polle, 1 June, 2012 - 12:06am login or register to post comments

 
yes he/she is munching on grape
I sometimes offer virginia creeper as well, it likes both...can't wait til it does it's thing and becomes a beautiful moth as well, sometimes the moths are so plain but the larva are so beautiful... this has both!
… ROBIN ARMSTRONG SEEBER, 1 June, 2012 - 7:45am login or register to post comments

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