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Photo#1358646
Large gray caterpillar with forked

Large gray caterpillar with forked "tail" - Catocala
US-95 ca 13 miles S Needles, San Bernardino County, California, USA
April 20, 2017
Size: ca 3-4 cm
These caterpillars were abundant on shrubs and trees in this creosote bush scrub, Mojave desert habitat today.

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Moved
Moved from Erebidae.

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.

Thanks!

Looks like a relative
of Catocala or Zale

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