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lichen-camouflaged fringed inchworm - Campaea perlata

lichen-camouflaged fringed inchworm - Campaea perlata
Atlantic Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
May 17, 2010
Size: 2-3 cm
Dorsal view. The rear prolegs splay out quite a bit.

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lichen-camouflaged fringed inchworm - Campaea perlata lichen-camouflaged fringed inchworm - Campaea perlata

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I think it's a Fringed Looper
The fringes do look like something off of certain underwings, but it was definitely an inchworm of some sort. All the central prolegs are missing. The only inchworm I see in the Guide that has that sort of fringing is the Fringed Looper.

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one of the
catocala i imagine...

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