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Caterpillar
Copyright © 2008 daike tian

Caterpillar
Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA
August 20, 2008
Size: L20W3mm

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Contributed by daike tian on 23 August, 2008 - 1:16am
Last updated 17 April, 2020 - 11:05am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… George Smiley, 17 April, 2020 - 11:05am

American Lotus Borer?
a.k.a. Ostrinia penitalis -- see http://bugguide.net/node/view/49700. Just a guess. If this is O. penitalis, then yours would be the first larval images for the species on BugGuide. I love this shot, by the way!
… John van der Linden, 4 October, 2011 - 8:40pm

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