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Unknown Waterfall Creature - Sphecodina abbottii
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Unknown Waterfall Creature - Sphecodina abbottii
On the Foothills Trail near Lake Jocassee, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA
June 17, 2009
Size: 4 inch
Contributed by tillmanj on 20 June, 2009 - 11:45am
Last updated 20 June, 2009 - 3:00pm

Something close
Sphecodina abbottii (Abbott's Sphinx - Hodges#7870)
… John R. Maxwell, 20 June, 2009 - 12:10pm

 
That Looks Like It
Sphecodina abbottii it is.
… tillmanj, 20 June, 2009 - 12:38pm

caterpillar
It's some type of caterpillar. That's an interesting "eye spot" Maybe somebody will recognize it by that and can ID for you.
… Andrew Williams, 20 June, 2009 - 12:05pm

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