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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Cerurinae » Americerura » Black-etched Prominent - Hodges#7942 (Americerura scitiscripta)
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Unknown caterpillar (DCP141) - Americerura scitiscripta
Copyright © 2010 Fred Siskind

Unknown caterpillar (DCP141) - Americerura scitiscripta
Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 26, 2010
Size: 1/2 - 3/4 inch
Appreciate ID. Found 3 on one plant, each on own leaf.
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Contributed by Fred Siskind on 26 August, 2010 - 3:22pm
Last updated 15 November, 2014 - 8:48am

Moved
Moved from Cerura.
… john and jane balaban, 31 October, 2011 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 27 August, 2010 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

The white line down the side makes us think Cerura
rather than Furcula
… john and jane balaban, 26 August, 2010 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks. Any idea if this is final instar? If not, I can go back and try to find them again.
… Fred Siskind, 26 August, 2010 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Not final instar
These still have some growing to do. It would be great to get pictures of the full grown larvae in a week or two as the guide is lacking on Cerura larval images.
… Ryan St Laurent, 26 August, 2010 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Instar
I'll go back next week - hopefully they will still be there.
… Fred Siskind, 27 August, 2010 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

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