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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Leaf Skeletonizer Moths (Zygaenidae) » Procridinae » Harrisina » Grapeleaf Skeletonizer - Hodges#4624 (Harrisina americana)
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I haven't seen this cat before - Harrisina americana
Copyright © 2017 John Hartgerink

I haven't seen this cat before - Harrisina americana
Baton Rouge, Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 30, 2017
Size: about 3/4 inch
Found on pepper vine that was tangled with passion flower vine.
Several other vines and other plants in caterpillar reach.
I assume that the reddish-brown lump on its back is poop from someone else(?).

John

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Contributed by John Hartgerink on 30 July, 2017 - 2:45pm
Last updated 30 July, 2017 - 4:32pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kyhl Austin, 30 July, 2017 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

Grapeleaf Skeletonizer…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 30 July, 2017 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Found grape leaves,
muscadine.
In the same clump of vines where I found the cat.
On a quick look, I did not find skeletonized leaves or more cats, but I will look harder.

Thanks for adding to the fun.
… John Hartgerink, 1 August, 2017 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ross.
I will look tomorrow for grapes in the area. We have lots. We had an adult IDed on BugGuide in June.
… John Hartgerink, 30 July, 2017 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

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