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Black spiky caterpillar (??) - Chlosyne

Black spiky caterpillar (??) - Chlosyne
Middlefork savanna, lake forest, Lake County, Illinois, USA
July 20, 2020
Size: 15 mm long
It seems to be a young instar which I wouldn’t normally post, but I don’t have much of the plant it was found on in my area, so I hope there are some other prairie plants it eats. Maybe a Vanessa cardui? Thanks!

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Black spiky caterpillar (??) - Chlosyne Silvery Checkerspot - Chlosyne

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Something in Nymphalidae
maybe Crescent or Checkerspot
You're still skipping over the second location field where you should enter the County.

 
Thanks!
I’m thinking checkerspot, maybe the Silvery checkerspot.

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