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Corn Earworm - Hodges#11068 (Helicoverpa zea)
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Copyright © 2005
tom murray
Corn Earworm Moth -
Helicoverpa zea
Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 22, 2004
This is an early instar, so it looks different than the ones normally seen.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 31 October, 2005 - 8:11pm
Last updated 26 February, 2014 - 3:31pm
Moved
Moved from
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. Talked to Laci and we think this is just another form of Helicoverpa, which Laci points out is also called the Tomato Fruitworm
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john and jane balaban
, 26 February, 2014 - 3:11pm
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Helicoverpa zea
John & Jane you've been doing great with these old cats. This one was unidentified for almost 10 years!
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tom murray
, 26 February, 2014 - 3:38pm
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Hear, hear!
Nice work Balabans! Although I think that the above discussion on this ID makes more sense if we somehow retain the fact that the original title to this image was, I think, Tomato hornworm. Hence this comment. : )
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 26 February, 2014 - 4:06pm
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Hannah is back!
How is your free time shaping up? Should we include you on our caterpillar discussions? Hope all is well
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john and jane balaban
, 26 February, 2014 - 4:29pm
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I'm doubtful -
I don't think diagonal stripes would show up as a solid straight line in an earlier instar. I don't see a horn on this one, either. Do you have any other evidence apart from the food plant?
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 31 October, 2005 - 8:28pm
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Molting?
It almost looks like the dorsal skin is a different layer than the ventral, and the white line is just the edge of that skin. Of course, I've never seen a caterpillar molting, so I could easily be way off base.
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Chuck Entz
, 1 November, 2005 - 1:44am
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No other evidence
I just don't know what other big green caterpillars might eat tomatoes. I was thinking that an early instar might look a lot different than the full grown ones.
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tom murray
, 31 October, 2005 - 8:53pm
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