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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bird Dropping Moths (Acontiinae) » Acontiini » Ponometia » Small Bird Dropping Moth - Hodges#9095 (Ponometia erastrioides)
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caterpillar - July 19 - Ponometia erastrioides
Copyright © 2011 Ilona L.

caterpillar - July 19 - Ponometia erastrioides
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
July 19, 2011

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 19 July, 2011 - 10:57pm
Last updated 9 September, 2015 - 11:31am

Moved
Moved from Ponometia.
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2015 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Ilona L., 21 July, 2011 - 1:41am login or register to post comments

How about the Small Bird Dropping Moth
It feeds on ragweed. Do you think it looks like this one?
… tom murray, 19 July, 2011 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

 
That's what I'm thinking it m
That's what I'm thinking it might be. See comment on the July 17th cat. I'm going to give it a few more days to see how it develops.

After comparing the photos of this caterpillar with those in Wagner's Owlet Caterpillars book, p. 247, I would say that this is Ponometia erastriodes, the Small Bird-dropping Moth (caterpillar).
… Ilona L., 19 July, 2011 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

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