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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Phalerinae » Datana
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Black, Hairy Yellow striped caterpillar - Datana
Copyright © 2009 Brian Grant

Black, Hairy Yellow striped caterpillar - Datana
Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, Florida, USA
November 26, 2007
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Contributed by Brian Grant on 29 June, 2009 - 4:19pm
Last updated 30 July, 2009 - 8:42pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 30 July, 2009 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

It is better to put images in the guide
through ID Request rather than in comments. It takes a long time to load now because of the embedded image. We suggest you edit this comment and delete the image from your comment and place it in ID Request instead. Then you can put the thumbnail in your comment if you like.
… john and jane balaban, 29 June, 2009 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

a second caterpillar!
This one is one of the Datana. Red head and red feet should help, but we find these guys so variable and difficult. See here. Do you have any sense of what kind of plant this is? Even just family will probably help.
… john and jane balaban, 29 June, 2009 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
I think the plant is a mangrove
but, it's pretty chewed up. We have a lot of it here in various flavors (Red, White and Black). It could also be Ixora since I have that around the house.

I spend time looking for birds, butterflies and dragonflies mostly but, shoot what I see. I generally get the ID's right on butterflies but, moths and caterpillars are a bit tougher. I just ordered an ID book on moths after finding a Southern Purple Mint Moth though.

I try to get some of the environment into my shots. I prefer that to anatomical closeups.
… Brian Grant, 29 June, 2009 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

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