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Skipper Caterpillar? - Antaeotricha

Skipper Caterpillar? - Antaeotricha
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
October 17, 2010
Size: +/- 1"
It was hanging from a silk thread, which I don't think it spun as it was head up.

Moved

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Silk from mouth
I know just barely enough about caterpillars to tell you that they secrete silk from something like salivary glands.

 
Silk from mouth
Thanks. I thought the silk came from glands in the tail like a spider.

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