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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Prodeniini » Armyworm Moths (Spodoptera) » Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9669 (Spodoptera ornithogalli)
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Early butterfly instar? - Spodoptera ornithogalli
Copyright © 2012 Carol Rittiman

Early butterfly instar? - Spodoptera ornithogalli
Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas, USA
June 1, 2012
Size: 1.25"
Found eating a green tomato on the vine.
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Contributed by Carol Rittiman on 2 June, 2012 - 9:04pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 2 June, 2012 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

Are you raising it?
They are quite interesting. This young instar has eyespots at one end and later instar has them at the opposite end instead. It's a generalist, so will eat a great many things. Click on the photo for some early instars with photos of the later instars:
… Karen Anthonisen Finch, 2 June, 2012 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Cutworm
I think you're right - the adult certainly looks familiar, and I've seen other smaller cutworms around too. I placed it away from my tomatoes, will try to find it again.
… Carol Rittiman, 2 June, 2012 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
Yellow-striped Armyworm caterpillar.
… tom murray, 2 June, 2012 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

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