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baby caterpillars on the underside of a grape leaf - Spilosoma virginica
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

baby caterpillars on the underside of a grape leaf - Spilosoma virginica
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 15, 2010
Size: 2.2mm
The eggs hatched out 4 days after I collected them.

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Contributed by tom murray on 15 August, 2010 - 12:13pm
Last updated 19 February, 2011 - 1:00pm

Moved
Moved from Virginian Tiger Moth.
… tom murray, 19 February, 2011 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… tom murray, 19 February, 2011 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

Interesting, wonder if they will change to look
more like
… john and jane balaban, 21 August, 2010 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Good possibility
They totally skeletonized the top surface of the grape leaf they were on. I put a new leaf in for them, and they're eating the surface away on that one too. They're still pretty small, but I'll get photos as they grow.
… tom murray, 21 August, 2010 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

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