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caterpillar on Pennsylvania Smartweed - Acronicta oblinita
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caterpillar on Pennsylvania Smartweed - Acronicta oblinita
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA
September 11, 2018
Size: inch, or inch and quarter
Have a stand of Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica), and they get these caterpillars nearly every year. What are they?
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Contributed by aphid on 12 September, 2018 - 8:50am
Last updated 12 September, 2018 - 4:02pm

Acronicta oblinita.
Acronicta oblinita.
… jim sogaard, 12 September, 2018 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

 
thanks! bugguide profile says
thanks! bugguide profile says "Other Common Names:
Smartweed Caterpillar", wow I did not know they might sting, maybe I will try handling one
… aphid, 12 September, 2018 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

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