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White-blotched heterocampa caterpillar, first instar - Cecrita guttivitta

White-blotched heterocampa caterpillar, first instar - Cecrita guttivitta
Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
May 12, 2010
Identification based on David Wagner's description of "long black 'antlers' on prothorax and and smaller, black, dorsal spines over the abdominal segments." This photo also shows the section of skeletonized leaf that typifies first instar prominent feeding behavior.

Moved
Moved from Heterocampa.

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