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Afflicted Dagger Moth caterpillar - Acronicta afflicta

Afflicted Dagger Moth caterpillar - Acronicta afflicta
Gunner Pool Campground, Ozark National Forest, Stone County, Arkansas, USA
September 17, 2014
This caterpillar was in the mixed woodlands of the Ozarks of northern Arkansas.

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Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. One pair of clubbed, black, dorsal setae per segment = afflicta, Owlets, page 275. And truly afflicted with those tachinid fly eggs on it, unfortunately.

 
I always hate to see the parasites too.
Thanks.

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