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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Acronictinae » Dagger Moths (Acronicta) » American Dagger Moth - Hodges#9200 (Acronicta americana)
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fuzzy - Acronicta americana
Copyright © 2007 outdoor explorer

fuzzy - Acronicta americana
Knox County, Ohio, USA
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Contributed by outdoor explorer on 13 August, 2007 - 5:20pm
Last updated 5 January, 2012 - 12:46pm

Moved
Moved from Dagger Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 5 January, 2012 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 1 January, 2008 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

hmmmm
is this an American Dagger Moth Caterpillar?
… outdoor explorer, 20 August, 2007 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Certainly could be
It curls up like an Acronicta and has those black lines down the sides and that anal tuft. Wish we could see more. Any additional images from a different angle?
… john and jane balaban, 1 September, 2007 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

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