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Caterpillar on prob. Chinese elm leaf
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Caterpillar on prob. Chinese elm leaf
Berwyn, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 1, 2016
Size: About 7 mm.
Found eating the leaves of what is probably a non-native elm (volunteer I had pulled out of a garden).

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Caterpillar on prob. Chinese elm leaf Caterpillar on prob. Chinese elm leaf Caterpillar on prob. Chinese elm leaf: Polygonia interrogationis?
Contributed by mary westervelt on 1 June, 2016 - 12:07pm
Last updated 8 July, 2016 - 11:45am

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