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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Eulepidotinae » Phyprosopus » Curve-lined Owlet - Hodges#8525 (Phyprosopus callitrichoides)
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My guess: Geometer Caterpillar? - Phyprosopus callitrichoides
Copyright © 2005 Ronald P. Gaubert

My guess: Geometer Caterpillar? - Phyprosopus callitrichoides
South Louisiana, St. John Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 8, 2004
Size: 1"
Caterpillar was found near the swamp next to a railroad.
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Contributed by Ronald P. Gaubert on 8 January, 2005 - 10:52pm
Last updated 4 April, 2011 - 7:07pm

Curve-lined Owlet
Phyprosopus callitrichoides
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… Troy Bartlett, 9 January, 2005 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
So cool!
That has got to be one of the neatest caterpillars I have ever seen! It so fantastical!
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 9 January, 2005 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

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