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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Caradrinini » Athetiina » Athetis » The Slowpoke - Hodges#9650 (Athetis tarda)
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Chubby brown caterpillar 3 - Athetis tarda
Copyright © 2012 Yurika Alexander

Chubby brown caterpillar 3 - Athetis tarda
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
November 19, 2012
Size: 15mm?
Found under fallen leaves in grassy area.

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Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 19 November, 2012 - 9:53pm
Last updated 28 May, 2013 - 7:06pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. That sure looks right to us!
… john and jane balaban, 28 May, 2013 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

Maybe
Take a look at the rustic groundcat (Orthodes majuscula). Not seeing the black middorsal spots on A1/A2 but I'm thinking that has to do w/ the posture.
… LaciP, 3 December, 2012 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
How about...
Athetis tarda, "Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America" p.396? It states "Superficially similar to Rustic Groundcat" and prolegs bears black stripe. That's my cat! What do you think?
… Yurika Alexander, 3 December, 2012 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
If some of those dead leaves
If some of those dead leaves were oak leaves I think you've just ID'd your caterpillar. I love some of the common names these guys have, the slowpoke.
… LaciP, 4 December, 2012 - 7:50am login or register to post comments

 
Majority of
those leaves are black oak. This leaf cat is on in this image isn't oak, but I put on it just for photograshs...
… Yurika Alexander, 4 December, 2012 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

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