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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Acharia » Saddleback Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#4700 (Acharia stimulea)
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Saddleback Caterpillar Moth - Acharia stimulea
Copyright © 2008 river2sea72

Saddleback Caterpillar Moth - Acharia stimulea
Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
September 28, 2008
Size: 0.25 inch
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Contributed by river2sea72 on 20 October, 2008 - 9:20pm
Last updated 21 October, 2008 - 10:14am

Am I the only one that will n
Am I the only one that will never get a pic of one of these :(
… Jason W., 20 October, 2008 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

Pretty sure this is a...
Saddleback Caterpillar Moth - Acharia stimulea



http://bugguide.net/node/view/507/bgimage
… Ron M., 20 October, 2008 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you!
… river2sea72, 21 October, 2008 - 7:15am login or register to post comments

Saddleback Caterpillar
Don't touch!
… John Stanard, 20 October, 2008 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Fortunately, despite petting
Fortunately, despite petting its spines, we weren't stung!
… river2sea72, 21 October, 2008 - 7:15am login or register to post comments

 
Saddlepack
We who picked cotten in the South called them packsaddles. Anyone who
brushed against this pretty worm would remember it for a long time. We did not do it on purpose.
… Doris Holland, 16 August, 2009 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

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