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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Isa » Crowned Slug Moth - Hodges#4681 (Isa textula)
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Green Caterpillar? Leafy guy in my back yard, looks like pine tree legs! - Isa textula
Copyright © 2010 Rick Kelland

Green Caterpillar? Leafy guy in my back yard, looks like pine tree legs! - Isa textula
West Carleton, Ontario, Canada
September 4, 2010
Size: 1/2" long, 3/8" wide
Looks like this beautiful bug was taking a drink on my lawn chair.
Took the pic with a canon S3IS in super macro mode.
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Contributed by Rick Kelland on 10 September, 2010 - 10:34am
Last updated 10 September, 2010 - 12:26pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 September, 2010 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
Crowned Slug (Isa textula):



It'll grow up to look like this:



Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 September, 2010 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

 
Crowned Slug
Thanks for the info!
… Rick Kelland, 10 September, 2010 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

 
Incidentally...
Take care with these. They can sting.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 September, 2010 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Good to know
Thanks again, I am allergic to lots of stings so I will be careful.
… Rick Kelland, 10 September, 2010 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

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