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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) » increta-haesitata-ovata caterpillar complex (Acronicta increta-haesitata-ovata caterpillar complex)
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Unknown Caterpillar - Acronicta
Copyright © 2007 Andrew Meeds

Unknown Caterpillar - Acronicta
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
September 4, 2007
Size: inch
Well... Found on swingset underneath an oak tree. Nice spiny orange caterpillar... any ideas? Maybe some sort of Tiger Moth?

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Unknown Caterpillar - Acronicta Unknown Caterpillar - Acronicta
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 4 September, 2007 - 4:43pm
Last updated 4 September, 2007 - 7:37pm

That "J" position
certainly makes it look like an Acronicta, and it may be another in that increta / ovata complex that Wagner talks about. WIll check the book when we get home.
… john and jane balaban, 4 September, 2007 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It certainly has had me stumped.
… Andrew Meeds, 4 September, 2007 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Man...
I wish i'd gone ahead and caught it to raise it to an adult...
… Andrew Meeds, 9 September, 2007 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

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