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Datana (pos Contracted Datana - Datana contracta) - Datana contracta

Datana (pos Contracted Datana - Datana contracta) - Datana contracta
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
September 1, 2004
One of my very favorite pictures. I have a bunch of Datana...they all look very similar.

Moved
Moved from Datana.

D. contracta
Yes, looks like D. contracta

They are confusingly similar
How do you tell them all apart?

 
Not well!
I don't tell them apart well, but I've tried to from using the description given on Caterpillars of Eastern Forests and my Peterson Guide to Caterpillars. Between the Contracted Datana and Yellow-necked Datana, and Drexel's Datana I'm about as frustrated as I am when I try to ID Duskywings! Another helpful site...
www.forestryimages.org.

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