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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Phalerinae » Datana » Azalea Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7905 (Datana major)
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Black, White, & Red Caterpiller - Datana major
Copyright © 2015 Dawn Slekis

Black, White, & Red Caterpiller - Datana major
Zinnia, Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
August 17, 2015
Size: 2.5" to 3"
Found in a blueberry bush. They were all laying flat along the branches. When I bumped the bush while taking pictures they all assumed a curved position.

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Contributed by Dawn Slekis on 17 August, 2015 - 6:38am
Last updated 9 September, 2015 - 4:28pm

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Datana
A caterpillar in Genus Datana, this posture is characteristic.

Based on colors and host plant, I believe it is an Azalea Caterpillar, Datana major.

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