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Hypocrisias minima
Copyright © 2007 Arlene Ripley

Hypocrisias minima
Dragoon Mountain foothills, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
October 2, 2007
Size: 30 mm
This colorful caterpillar was feeding on a tall yellow composite (daisy).
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Contributed by Arlene Ripley on 4 October, 2007 - 12:21am
Last updated 11 November, 2007 - 1:41pm

Moved
Moved from Tiger Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 11 November, 2007 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 11 November, 2007 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

 
Hypocrisias minima
I just happened to check the Subfamily Arctiinae, tribe Arctiini photos on Bruce Walsh's website (Moths of SE Arizona) and found a match! Here's the link (hope this works):
http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/figs/moth_larvae/Arctiid/H_minima-l1.jpg
… Arlene Ripley, 11 November, 2007 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice detective work!
Nice detective work!
… john and jane balaban, 11 November, 2007 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

YOu may want to check out thi
YOu may want to check out this page: http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/mothlist.html
If you go through the families and you can view photos of the caterpillar instars. You may get lucky and find it!
… Tom Bentley, 4 October, 2007 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

 
Good suggestion but...
...maybe I'll just e-mail the photo to Bruce. I find it pretty tedious to look at all of the links on that website. Lots of information there, just hard to get to if you don't have a clue as to ID.
… Arlene Ripley, 4 October, 2007 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Good luck...I am sure he woul
Good luck...I am sure he would be happy to look at it. He was going to look at a couple of my mystery shots too.
… Tom Bentley, 4 October, 2007 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

 
I have....
...at least 200 moth photos for him!
… Arlene Ripley, 4 October, 2007 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Yikes!
Yikes!
… Tom Bentley, 4 October, 2007 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

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