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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 » Hyalophora » Cecropia Moth - Hodges#7767 (Hyalophora cecropia)
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unknown larva - Hyalophora cecropia
Copyright © 2012 Christine Hanrahan

unknown larva - Hyalophora cecropia
Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada
June 23, 2012
Size: Approx. 1 to 1.5 inches
There were several of these small larva on a common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) shrub near the Ottawa River in an area of open meadow and woodlots. I have searched the available books I have on lepidopteran larvae, but have not been able to ID this spiky creature.

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unknown larva - Hyalophora cecropia unknown larva - Hyalophora cecropia
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Contributed by Christine Hanrahan on 24 June, 2012 - 7:53pm
Last updated 1 July, 2012 - 10:29am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 1 July, 2012 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

agree
with Alex
… Edna Woodward, 24 June, 2012 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

hyalophora cecropia maybe
might be a second or third instar cecropia moth caterpillar
… Alex B, 24 June, 2012 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
For your help. I have seen the final instar of the cecropia larva but never the early, and would never have guessed what this one was.
… Christine Hanrahan, 25 June, 2012 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

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