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Arctic caterpillar, Baffin Island - Apantesis
Copyright © 2012 northern_gecko

Arctic caterpillar, Baffin Island - Apantesis
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
July 14, 2012
Size: ~1 in / 2.5cm
The tip of my middle finger is at the left of the image, for scale.
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Contributed by northern_gecko on 7 December, 2012 - 4:56pm
Last updated 25 September, 2018 - 11:15pm

Moved
Moved from Arctiina.
… john and jane balaban, 25 September, 2018 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. The caterpillar team is thinking this might be Grammia phyllira or something close, so we'll move it to that subtribe temporarily.
… john and jane balaban, 11 December, 2012 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

 
possible ID
Very interesting, those are some beautiful moths!
… northern_gecko, 11 December, 2012 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 10 December, 2012 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

Any images from other perspectives?
We'd be curious to see how it looks from other angles to get a better ID of just who this is.
… john and jane balaban, 7 December, 2012 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

 
two additional pictures
The other pictures I have of it are also from the top-ish, unfortunately. I've posted the two closest-up of them to this imgur album http://imgur.com/a/WbWoi - perhaps they will help.

(Next time I spot one of these guys I'll try to get a profile shot as well for better ID purposes!)
… northern_gecko, 10 December, 2012 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

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