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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) » Compton Tortoiseshell - Hodges#4430 (Nymphalis l-album)
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Brushfooted butterfly caterpillar - Nymphalis l-album
Copyright © 2011 Ilze V-G.

Brushfooted butterfly caterpillar - Nymphalis l-album
Fairbank Lake, Greater City of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
June 24, 2006
Size: approximately 6 cm
What larva is this?

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Compton Tortoiseshell caterpillar - Nymphalis l-album Brushfooted butterfly caterpillar - Nymphalis l-album
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Contributed by Ilze V-G. on 14 June, 2011 - 12:27pm
Last updated 24 July, 2019 - 8:46am

Compton Tortoise Shell it is
Nymphalis vau-album (= j=album). Commas (Polygonia) are very similar, but smaller, different color pattern, and spines are generally longer.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 14 June, 2011 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

got
anymore pictures? I think it is a comma, a butterfly, but are those horns?. might be something like this:
… Edna Woodward, 14 June, 2011 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

 
They do look related don't th
They do look related don't they with the spiky backs. So is it a butterfly larva?
… Ilze V-G., 14 June, 2011 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
They do look related don't th
They do look related don't they with the spiky backs.
… Ilze V-G., 14 June, 2011 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

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