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Caterpillar - Hyalophora columbia
Copyright © 2019 cmflick

Caterpillar - Hyalophora columbia
Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine, USA
September 9, 2019
Size: 2-3 inches
On an evergreen tree, either balsam fir or spruce probably.
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Contributed by cmflick on 24 September, 2019 - 3:12pm
Last updated 25 September, 2019 - 8:17am

Moved- Hyalophora columbia
Moved from Cecropia Moth.

This is H. columbia, not H. cecropia; which is recognizable by the very deep red thoracic scoli. The evergreen tree could have been tamarack (which technically looses its foliage in the winter), the host plant of H. columbia. Only the third larva of this species on BugGuide!
… Ryan St Laurent, 25 September, 2019 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

 
Oops! My bad...
Thanks for picking up the error, Ryan.
… Ken Allison, 25 September, 2019 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Hyalophora cecropia.
Moved from ID Request.

Cecropia Moth caterpillar.
… Ken Allison, 24 September, 2019 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

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