caterpillar - Ypsolopha dentella

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Ypsolophidae » Ypsolopha » Honeysuckle Moth - Hodges#2375 (Ypsolopha dentella)

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Copyright © 2010 Ilona L.

caterpillar - Ypsolopha dentella

Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 17, 2010

Found in Honeysuckle shrub. This caterpillar has a very distinctive way of moving -- a very jerky kind of spring which makes it easy to identify.

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 18 May, 2010 - 12:07pm
Last updated 16 September, 2023 - 4:24pm

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