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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Coelodasys » Unicorn Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8007 (Coelodasys unicornis)
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Unknown caterpillar - Coelodasys unicornis
Copyright © 2008 Arlon

Unknown caterpillar - Coelodasys unicornis
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
April 13, 2008
Size: 3/8"
There where about a dozen of these on a rose bush. Little tipped spines didn't look to pleasant. Any info appreciated.

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Contributed by Arlon on 13 April, 2008 - 6:11pm
Last updated 26 August, 2008 - 6:07pm

Moved
Moved from Prominent Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 26 August, 2008 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… john and jane balaban, 25 May, 2008 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be one of the Prominents
in the Notodontidae. At 3/8 inch it is a very young caterpillar (early instar), so we don't know how much they change as the molt. The green on the thorax and the humps on A1 and A8 make us think Schizura, but we don't know the early instars well enough to hazard a species.
… john and jane balaban, 14 April, 2008 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

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… John R. Maxwell, 13 April, 2008 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
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