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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Buck and Io Moths (Hemileucinae) » Hemileucini » Automeris » Cecrops eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7748 (Automeris cecrops) » Automeris cecrops pamina
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Caterpillar along Oak Creek - Automeris cecrops
Copyright © 2018 Ty Fitzmorris

Caterpillar along Oak Creek - Automeris cecrops
Oak Creek near Cathedral Rock, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
September 8, 2018
Size: 8-9 cm
This fellow was ambling deliberately in stones and leaf litter of the Alder-Sycamore riparian gallery along Oak Creek. Would love to know who he or she will be when adult. Thanks for any help.
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Contributed by Ty Fitzmorris on 10 September, 2018 - 5:42pm
Last updated 24 September, 2018 - 11:37am

Moved
Moved from Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths.
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Careful - stinging spines
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Automeris!
Thanks! Automeris is an old friend, and somehow I forgot what the larvae looks like. Very happy to know!
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