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Inchworm looper ID - Papaipema
Copyright © 2015 Carol Thompson

Inchworm looper ID - Papaipema
South Park, Allegheny Pittsburgh Pa. County, Pennsylvania, USA
Size: Around 2 inches
Please help me ID this, I think it will be a moth.
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Contributed by Carol Thompson on 20 June, 2015 - 10:45am

county field needs correction
reads "Allegheny Pittsburgh Pa. County"
please follow the filling instructions provided in the submission form and correct accordingly here and elsewhere; only the county name belongs in that field
… v belov, 10 July, 2015 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Do you know what plant species this was on or what species were nearby?
… john and jane balaban, 20 June, 2015 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
id looper
It was by my asters coming up but it rained hard so it may have fallen from a bush like the quince or wigela.
… Carol Thompson, 21 June, 2015 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

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