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Caterpillar - Tarache delecta
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Caterpillar - Tarache delecta
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
August 26, 2006
Photographed on the same plant as the one I posted one month ago. I believe that it is the same species, different instar.



Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 26 August, 2006 - 1:32pm
Last updated 9 September, 2015 - 1:09pm

Moved
Moved from Acontiinae.
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2015 - 1:09pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 9 December, 2006 - 6:01pm

Here's a thumb of the one you posted before:


I can't help with the ID, though - it looks like several Noctuids (Cucullia for example) in general but not specific features.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 26 August, 2006 - 2:03pm

 
Help
Ok I have it. I was including the pound # sign.
Thanks.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 26 August, 2006 - 2:54pm

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