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Photo#7735
Imperial Moth Caterpillar - Eacles imperialis

Imperial Moth Caterpillar - Eacles imperialis
Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
I'm posting this one, taken in late July several years ago, as a companion to the reddish Imperial Moth caterpillar I posted yesterday. By the final instar, the formerly fierce horns are now short nubbins.