Caterpillar Life Cycle - Chloridea virescens

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Caterpillar Life Cycle - Chloridea virescens

Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
August 12, 2010

This was found on a little oak sapling. Any ideas? 5 days later, I've got a cocoon :D

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Caterpillar Life Cycle - Chloridea virescens

Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 17 August, 2010 - 6:20pm
Last updated 30 August, 2010 - 5:04pm

Moved

Moved from Butterflies and Moths.

… Andrew Meeds, 30 August, 2010 - 5:04pm

And we have the adult moth!

Whoo! Complete lifecycle!

… Andrew Meeds, 30 August, 2010 - 4:37pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Andrew Meeds, 19 August, 2010 - 3:37pm

Looks related to

Heliothis

… john and jane balaban, 17 August, 2010 - 8:15pm

I agree

I've got the cocoon luckily, so I guess we shall see. I'm kind of hoping it turns out to be something other than H. virescens though. We go through a lot of those at the labs :P This guy looked a little smaller than the ones at the labs though, so who knows.

… Andrew Meeds, 17 August, 2010 - 8:19pm

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