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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Dicot Skippers (Eudaminae) » Urbanus » Long-tailed Skipper - Hodges#3886 (Urbanus proteus)
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caterpillar - Urbanus proteus
Copyright © 2012 Matt Edmonds

caterpillar - Urbanus proteus
Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
July 17, 2012
Size: 1 inch
In a rolled up leaf.... opened for the picture.

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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 17 July, 2012 - 3:58pm
Last updated 8 November, 2013 - 9:07pm

Moved
Moved from Skippers.
… john and jane balaban, 8 November, 2013 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Will move to species when it emerges as an adult.
… Matt Edmonds, 17 July, 2012 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

nice find
my first thought was Silver Spotted Skipper, but am not familiar with the leps in your area.
… Cindy Mead, 17 July, 2012 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

Long-taild Skipper?
… Yurika Alexander, 17 July, 2012 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks Cindy and Yurika! I'm guessing long-tailed. I brought three home and will raise them if I can keep enough host plant. I've never seen this plant before. I can go back and get some but they're 45 minutes away, so I'm hoping what I have now lasts!
… Matt Edmonds, 17 July, 2012 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

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