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Wavy-lined Emerald Moth Caterpillar - Synchlora aerata
Copyright © 2009 Charles Wilder

Wavy-lined Emerald Moth Caterpillar - Synchlora aerata
Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Cades Cove Loop Road, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
August 10, 2008
Found on Mountain Mint - Pycnanthemum species.
Contributed by Charles Wilder on 21 March, 2009 - 12:06pm
Last updated 28 March, 2009 - 3:14pm

Maybe a Wavy-lined Emerald, S
Maybe a Wavy-lined Emerald, Synchlora aerata, based on the behavior of adorning its body for camouflage.
… Bobby Grizzard, 25 March, 2009 - 10:30am

 
Synchlora aerata
Thanks Bobby; I have moved and relabeled the image - www.GSMHike.org. Hook-em Horns!
… Charles Wilder, 28 March, 2009 - 3:15pm

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