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Pinkish caterpillar. ID please. - Strymon melinus
Copyright © 2018 Ken Carman

Pinkish caterpillar. ID please. - Strymon melinus
Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA
August 11, 2018
On Tick Trefoil or a similar legume.
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Contributed by Ken Carman on 11 August, 2018 - 3:41pm
Last updated 12 August, 2018 - 11:59am

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… Ken Allison, 12 August, 2018 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

Blue - family Lycaenidae
It's the larva of one of the Blue butterflies. Several of them feed on legumes. Eastern Tailed-Blue seems most likely. There is a somewhat similar caterpillar at: https://bugguide.net/node/view/892897/bgimage
… Ken Allison, 12 August, 2018 - 6:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Someone else pointed out that it looks more like a Grey Hairstreak, which does seem to be a more likely match. ???
… Ken Carman, 12 August, 2018 - 7:07am login or register to post comments

 
caterpillar
Mine was really a shot in the dark, Ken. I forgot that Gray Hairstreak fed on legumes further south. Our very local populations are restricted to Sweetfern, so I forget about its broad preferences in the US.
Thanks for the help!
… Ken Allison, 12 August, 2018 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

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