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Caterpillar on Chasmanthium latifolium - Lethe
Copyright © 2016 Michael W. Palmer

Caterpillar on Chasmanthium latifolium - Lethe

Mehan, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA
April 10, 2016
Size: 27mm
collection 1136

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Caterpillar on Chasmanthium latifolium - Lethe Caterpillar on Chasmanthium latifolium - Lethe tachinid emerging from chrysalis tachinid emerging from chrysalis
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Contributed by Michael W. Palmer on 11 April, 2016 - 5:33pm
Last updated 7 May, 2016 - 1:06am

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Moved
Moved
… John S. Ascher, 7 May, 2016 - 1:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Skippers.
… John S. Ascher, 7 May, 2016 - 1:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 20 April, 2016 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

Wonder if it is one of the Lethe
… john and jane balaban, 11 April, 2016 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Guess we won't know
A tachinid emerged.
… Michael W. Palmer, 17 May, 2016 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
pearly-eye species
one of the pearly-eyes based on the head shape.

Lethe anthedon, portlandia, and creola all seem to range into Oklahoma.
… Hobie, 1 June, 2019 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

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