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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Silkmoths (Saturniinae) » Attacini » Callosamia » Promethea Moth - Hodges#7764 (Callosamia promethea)
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First instar - Callosamia promethea
Copyright © 2005 Craig Biegler

First instar - Callosamia promethea
Denison University Biological Reserve, Licking County, Ohio, USA
July 11, 2005
Eating a sassafrass leaf.

This series is a combination of two groups of promethea caterpillars I found in 2005. It shows the progression of the species throughout its entire life cycle, including every larval instar.

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Contributed by Craig Biegler on 14 July, 2005 - 10:19am
Last updated 18 June, 2006 - 6:30pm

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