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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Acronictinae » Dagger Moths (Acronicta) » Radcliffe's Dagger Moth - Hodges#9209 (Acronicta radcliffei)
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dagger caterpillar - Acronicta radcliffei
Copyright © 2014 Kim Fleming

dagger caterpillar - Acronicta radcliffei
Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
June 26, 2014
found on what I believe is cherry. Is this a cherry dagger instar, or Radcliffe's?

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Contributed by Kim Fleming on 26 June, 2014 - 6:14pm
Last updated 16 July, 2014 - 5:36pm

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Moved from Butterflies and Moths. Any new images to add yet?
… john and jane balaban, 16 July, 2014 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
unfortunately, no
After the caterpillar molted, I watched it over several days as it fed on the same branch and grew longer. There was another earlier instar caterpillar in the same tree on a nearby branch. Unfortunately they both disappeared within ~4 days of this one's molting.

I had seen a cherry dagger in the same tree in 2011 so thought it was probably the same species. I was a little surprised when it turned out different!
… Kim Fleming, 16 July, 2014 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 14 July, 2014 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

Acronicta
The head patterning looks more like A. hasta than A. radcliffei.
… LaciP, 27 June, 2014 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
Thanks... that was my hunch. I'll keep an eye on it as it's in the backyard. It's now resting on a silk mat (molting mat?) in the middle of a leaf
… Kim Fleming, 27 June, 2014 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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