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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) » Silkmoths (Saturniinae) » Saturniini » Actias » Luna Moth - Hodges#7758 (Actias luna)
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Green Caterpillar - Actias luna
Copyright © 2008 Rennie Talbert

Green Caterpillar - Actias luna
Fayetteville, Summers County, West Virginia, USA
July 28, 2007
Size: 2"
This should have been an easy caterpillar to identify, but I can't seem to find it in the books I have, and none of the images on the internet seems quite right.
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Contributed by Rennie Talbert on 21 February, 2008 - 7:54pm
Last updated 22 February, 2008 - 6:10pm

Looks like
someting in Tribe Saturniini, but I'm not that familiar. This one is close...
… John R. Maxwell, 21 February, 2008 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Actias luna
Actias luna
… Ryan St Laurent, 22 February, 2008 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Right
Yep, it's a luna.
… Craig Biegler, 22 February, 2008 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

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