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Twitchy black caterpillar - Apantesis placentia
Copyright © 2011 john and jane balaban

Twitchy black caterpillar - Apantesis placentia
Ross Prairie State Forest, Ocala, Marion County, Florida, USA
March 22, 2011
Size: ~35mm
On the same trail, we saw a couple of these hairy black caterpillars with orange heads. Their movement was very "twitchy".

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Twitchy black caterpillar - Apantesis placentia Twitchy black caterpillar - Apantesis placentia
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 April, 2011 - 9:09pm
Last updated 17 April, 2019 - 8:29pm

Moved
Moved from Tiger Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 3 November, 2018 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 21 April, 2011 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

Just a wild guess
Could they possibly be Speared Dagger Moth (Acronicta hasta)?

or Agreeable Tiger Moth (Spilosoma congrua)?
… Kelly Fiegle, 12 April, 2011 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

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