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Skipper caterpillar/pupa
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Skipper caterpillar/pupa
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 20, 2009
This caterpillar was just going into the pupal stage when I collected it yesterday. Today it's all black, and looks dead, but I'm hoping that's just part of the normal change to make it look like a bird dropping.

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Contributed by tom murray on 21 June, 2009 - 3:16pm
Last updated 9 November, 2013 - 2:55pm

Moved
Moved from Skippers.
… john and jane balaban, 9 November, 2013 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. We've seen striped heads like this on skippers.

We'll move it over there and see if you get any nibbles.
… john and jane balaban, 1 January, 2011 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

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