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Mystery caterpillar - Morrisonia confusa
Copyright © 2014 Naturia

Mystery caterpillar - Morrisonia confusa
Queens County, New York, USA
August 14, 2014
Found several of these caterpillars in folded up sassafras leaves while looking for spicebush swallowtails.

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Mystery caterpillar - Morrisonia confusa Mystery caterpillar - Morrisonia confusa
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Contributed by Naturia on 5 November, 2014 - 9:10pm
Last updated 5 December, 2015 - 9:16pm

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… john and jane balaban, 5 December, 2015 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 1 December, 2014 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

With that big orange head
we wonder if it might be Morrisonia?
… john and jane balaban, 5 November, 2014 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

You'll have more luck getting an ID
if you crop your image to a rectangle that is essentially 'just the bug'. While you as contributor can click on your image and see the full size 3000 pixel image you posted, the rest of us are restricted to a 560 pixel reduction. We see a tiny C shaped something that takes up less than 10% of the image in a sea of sasafrass leaves.
… john and jane balaban, 5 November, 2014 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Cropped photo
Okay, I cropped the picture. Can you see it now?
… Naturia, 5 November, 2014 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

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