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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Nymphalini » Tortoiseshells (Nymphalis) » Mourning Cloak - Hodges#4432 (Nymphalis antiopa)
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Black with Orange Caterpillar - Nymphalis antiopa
Copyright © 2011 Eileen

Black with Orange Caterpillar - Nymphalis antiopa
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
April 27, 2011
Size: 2 inches
On my Curly Willow Tree
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Contributed by Eileen on 27 April, 2011 - 9:29pm
Last updated 17 April, 2012 - 2:07pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 26 October, 2011 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Basilodes chrysopis.

Maybe the Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), or a close relative?



The lep experts will be able to say for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 April, 2011 - 6:25am login or register to post comments

Black / Orange Caterpillar
I can't find one like it. He was not furry but was spiky...and had raindrops adhering to it.
… Eileen, 27 April, 2011 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

Did you...
Misplace? I don't know anything about this moth, but too different from other images on the Guide?

… Yurika Alexander, 27 April, 2011 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Who Me?
Did I put him in the wrong place?
Eileen
… Eileen, 27 April, 2011 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

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