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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cuculliinae » Hooded Owlets (Cucullia)
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Caterpillar ID - Cucullia
Copyright © 2012 jennifer5

Caterpillar ID - Cucullia
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
April 29, 2012
Size: 1½"
We have had so many caterpillars this year and I would love to know what this might become.
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Contributed by jennifer5 on 29 April, 2012 - 9:26pm
Last updated 30 April, 2012 - 10:18am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 30 April, 2012 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

Maybe something...
in/near Curcullia?



That's a guess, not an ID, so please wait to hear from the lep experts.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 April, 2012 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Cucullia, and you could help us here greatly
by raising it and taking pictures of the adult! :)
… john and jane balaban, 29 April, 2012 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Cucullia
That looks like it. Thanks to both for identification. We have been over-run with moths this year so I guess it is no surprise. Unfortunately the caterpillar ran away.
… jennifer5, 30 April, 2012 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

 
What Cucullia adults
do you see down there?
… john and jane balaban, 30 April, 2012 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm afraid I would not know w
I'm afraid I would not know what the adult looks like.
… jennifer5, 7 May, 2012 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

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