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Convict Caterpillar (Spanish Moth - Hodges#10640) - Xanthopastis regnatrix
Copyright © 2012 Roy Cohutta Brown

Convict Caterpillar (Spanish Moth - Hodges#10640) - Xanthopastis regnatrix
near Albany, Lee County, Georgia, USA
March 25, 2012
Located a group of this species of caterpillars chowing down at the edge of a swamp.
Contributed by Roy Cohutta Brown on 26 March, 2012 - 6:52pm

Sweet
adds Georgia for this beauty. Hope you get to see the moths later. They are lovely.
… john and jane balaban, 26 March, 2012 - 7:06pm

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