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Melanchra picta? - Melanchra picta
Copyright © 2015 uso

Melanchra picta? - Melanchra picta
Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 30, 2015
Found in an old field dominated by goldenrod, with occasional thistles and brambles. Feel free to frass any images that don't meet quality standards.

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Melanchra picta? - Melanchra picta Melanchra picta? - Melanchra picta
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Contributed by uso on 16 December, 2015 - 2:34am
Last updated 16 December, 2015 - 6:40pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 16 December, 2015 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Please crop your images to a rectangle
that is essentially 'just the bug'. We have cropped a couple for you. While you, as contributor, can click on your images and see the full size 1500 pixel images that you uploaded, the rest of us are restricted to a 560 pixel reduction where most of what we see is not caterpillar. That makes for difficulty in identification.
But yes, these certainly seem to be M. picta
… john and jane balaban, 16 December, 2015 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Sorry for making you do the recropping for me, I knew about the cropping rule but never got the rationale behind it for some reason. I tend to crop my images, but I have a lot of them and don't always remember to crop more thoroughly.
… uso, 16 December, 2015 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

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