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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Acronictinae » Dagger Moths (Acronicta) » Afflicted Dagger Moth - Hodges#9254 (Acronicta afflicta)
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Caterpillar - Acronicta afflicta
Copyright © 2019 Peter Cristofono

Caterpillar - Acronicta afflicta
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 21, 2019

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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 23 October, 2019 - 10:08am
Last updated 24 October, 2019 - 1:20pm

Moved
We stared at images of both and have to agree. These look much more like afflicta, so we will move them there.
… john and jane balaban, 24 October, 2019 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
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… Peter Cristofono, 24 October, 2019 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

Acronicta afflicta?
Acronicta afflicta? If rearing, be sure to supply with soft/rotted wood for pupation.
… jim sogaard, 24 October, 2019 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
So are you seeing this as a single pair
of black clubbed dorsal setae per segment = afflicta, rather than the two pair per segment of brumosa?
They seem to be mostly broken so its hard for us to judge, though there seem to be two black bases on the early segments.
… john and jane balaban, 24 October, 2019 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

 
Guess I plead ignorance
Guess I plead ignorance
… jim sogaard, 24 October, 2019 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Acronicta
Can't make out how many pair of black hairs there are per body segment. Is it two pair?
… john and jane balaban, 23 October, 2019 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

 
looks like 2 pairs
Posting another photo with a better view.
… Peter Cristofono, 24 October, 2019 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

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