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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampoidea) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampidae) » Poecilocampinae » Tolype
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Large Caterpillar Blending into Buckthorn Trunk - Tolype
Copyright © 2016 Necturus

Large Caterpillar Blending into Buckthorn Trunk - Tolype
Lower Wisconsin Riverway Sauk Prairie Unit, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA
July 8, 2016
I saw two of these large caterpillars on a buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) trunk that I was sawing down. I'm guessing they feed on one of the vines that were crawling up the tree (grape, Virginia Creeper or poison ivy).

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Large Caterpillar Blending into Buckthorn Trunk - Tolype Large Caterpillar Blending into Buckthorn Trunk - Tolype
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Contributed by Necturus on 8 July, 2016 - 7:44pm
Last updated 14 November, 2018 - 3:06pm

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Moved from Macromphaliinae.
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Looks like a Tolype
… john and jane balaban, 8 July, 2016 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

 
That looks spot on, thank you
That looks spot on, thank you!
… Necturus, 9 July, 2016 - 5:20am login or register to post comments

 
dot-lined white?
not positive how you tell the two apart. I am certainly no expert in this group.
… twiztedminds, 8 July, 2016 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

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