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Photo#1451649
Turquoise green Caterpillar/multiple green shoes/blue spot

Turquoise green Caterpillar/multiple green shoes/blue spot
Rochester, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 6, 2017
Size: (2" inches/50mm/5.0km).
Found under a Japanese Maple tree.

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Turquoise green Caterpillar/multiple green shoes/blue spot Clover Looper [CATERPILLAR] (Caenurgina crassiuscula).

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Moved from ID Request.

We don't know that Caenurgina
has the dorsal black patches, visible in your image, that Mocis has, but we don't know this group well. We can only confirm that you have the right tribe.

ID of this Caterpillar…
I think I found out what it is!
Clover Looper [CATERPILLAR] (Caenurgina crassiuscula).

http://bugguide.net/node/view/461027/bgimage

Looks to have only two pair of abdominal prolegs
We would suggest something in the tribe Euclidiini, near Mocis

 
ID of this Caterpillar…
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