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caterpillar on petunias and pumpkin? - Chloridea
Copyright © 2010 Molly Jacobson

caterpillar on petunias and pumpkin? - Chloridea
Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
September 25, 2010
Size: 3/4 in.
9/30: Guess what I found when I woke up on Saturday morning! My own fuzzy moth that had come from my pumpkin caterpillar! Whoot for complete life cycle! Now we can finally find out what species this is!!!
I let it go that night when nothing would eat it. It flew and landed on a leaf, vibrating its wings for a few seconds before taking off into the night.
Goodbye friend!!!

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 30 September, 2010 - 3:27pm
Last updated 29 July, 2017 - 5:42am

Moved
Moved from Heliothis.
… Steve Nanz, 29 July, 2017 - 5:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Lynette Elliott, 30 October, 2010 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

Heliothis virescens - Tobacco Budworm Moth
perhaps.
… Lynette Elliott, 30 October, 2010 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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