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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Coelodasys » Coelodasys errucata - Hodges#8008 (Coelodasys errucata)
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Strange Caterpillar - Coelodasys errucata
Copyright © 2010 Lisa M. Reid

Strange Caterpillar - Coelodasys errucata
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
September 30, 2010
Anyone know what this is?
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Contributed by Lisa M. Reid on 30 September, 2010 - 1:11pm
Last updated 6 April, 2011 - 11:07am

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Caterpillar
I still don't know exactly what this is. I now have another one too, a bit bigger that this one. Anyone know? Thanks so much!
… Lisa M. Reid, 7 October, 2010 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

Well...
... the overall shape and posture make me think Schizura , but the colors don't look like any species I'm familiar with. There might be western species not represented in the guide, or this could just be an abberant individual, or I could be way off. :-)
… Carmen Champagne, 30 September, 2010 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh, another thing . . .
mine doesn't have the hump in the middle of the back like the image you posted. Could THAT make it something different as well?
… Lisa M. Reid, 30 September, 2010 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

 
I thought so too,
but like you said, the color doesn't match. The one I photographed is eating leaves of our Thorny Hackberry tree. Does that help or make a difference?
… Lisa M. Reid, 30 September, 2010 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

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