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Noctuid caterpillar on chicory - Chloridea virescens
Copyright © 2007 Beatriz Moisset

Noctuid caterpillar on chicory - Chloridea virescens
Horsham Trail, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 28, 2007
Size: 20 mm
On chicory flower Cichorium .
If it can't be IDed I'll frass.
Southeastern PA

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 14 November, 2007 - 4:08pm
Last updated 8 March, 2019 - 4:54pm

Moved
Moved from Heliothinae.
… john and jane balaban, 6 January, 2012 - 7:08pm

 
Thanks
Interesting! We have more images of caterpillars than of adults.
… teddie ciavola carboni, 6 January, 2012 - 7:26pm

It reminds me of tobacco budworm
often found on flowers. See here.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 14 November, 2007 - 6:03pm

Not an expert
I was just wondering if sawfly larva was a possibility? Maybe I'm way wrong. I'm not even really sure how to tell them apart. Would the hair rule out sawfly or no?
… John R. Maxwell, 14 November, 2007 - 5:01pm

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