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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Pinions (Lithophane) » Nameless Pinion - Hodges#9888 (Lithophane innominata)
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caterpillar on birch - Lithophane innominata
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

caterpillar on birch - Lithophane innominata
Topsham, Orange County, Vermont, USA
July 4, 2010
This caterpillar changed dramatically in the last 2 weeks.

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Contributed by tom murray on 4 July, 2010 - 7:37pm
Last updated 12 September, 2010 - 9:54am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… tom murray, 12 September, 2010 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

Amazing change!
Indeed that is dramatic. Still, both forms look like some of the Lithophane caterpillars in the guide. I wouldn't dare guess which. I hope that you get the adult.
… Beatriz Moisset, 13 July, 2010 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

 
So far so good
It looks like it's getting close to pupating. It would be nice to see what it matures into.
… tom murray, 14 July, 2010 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

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