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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Spread-wing Skippers (Pyrginae) » Erynnini » Duskywings (Erynnis)
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caterpillar, maybe hairstreak - Erynnis
Copyright © 2017 dvoribird

caterpillar, maybe hairstreak - Erynnis
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
April 4, 2017

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caterpillar, maybe hairstreak - Erynnis caterpillar, maybe hairstreak - Erynnis
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Contributed by dvoribird on 9 April, 2017 - 3:58pm
Last updated 9 April, 2017 - 7:40pm

Host plant id?
oak or legume
… Cliff Ivy, 13 November, 2019 - 11:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 9 April, 2017 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

Um...
It looks like a duskywing caterpillar, but I don't see any with orange spots on a black head. They either have a black head or light orange head with darker orange spots.
… Arrow Jarr, 9 April, 2017 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
This might be a Erynnis funeralis. I searched some more and they have black heads with orange spots. You got a very nice picture and specimen.
… Arrow Jarr, 9 April, 2017 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh, thank you !! That would
Oh, thank you !! That would be the expected one in this area.
… dvoribird, 10 April, 2017 - 6:33am login or register to post comments

 
:)
You are welcome.
… Arrow Jarr, 10 April, 2017 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

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