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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Silkmoths (Saturniinae) » Attacini » Eupackardia » Calleta Silkmoth - Hodges#7763 (Eupackardia calleta)
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D'Hanis Caterpillar - Eupackardia calleta
Copyright © 2012 Whitney Self

D'Hanis Caterpillar - Eupackardia calleta
D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas, USA
January 14, 2012
Size: 2 inches
Saw this big guy at my brothers house in D'Hanis, Texas. Beautiful!!! Trying to find out what it will turn in to.
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Contributed by Whitney Self on 16 January, 2012 - 4:18pm
Last updated 17 January, 2012 - 12:40am

not Hyalophora, but closely related
Looks fully grown - probably wandering around looking for a good place to make a cocoon. Hard to tell when the adult will emerge, but likely late February or early March; maybe will wait (?much) longer.

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… David J. Ferguson, 16 January, 2012 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

A giant silkmoth caterpillar
Maybe something in genus Hyalophora: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4624/bgimage
… metrioptera, 16 January, 2012 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

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