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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Alsophilini » Alsophila » Fall Cankerworm - Hodges#6258 (Alsophila pometaria)
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awesome (on 2nd thought maybe this will help) - Alsophila pometaria
Copyright © 2012 Brenda898

awesome (on 2nd thought maybe this will help) - Alsophila pometaria
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
June 17, 2009

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awesome 2 - Alsophila pometaria awesome - Alsophila pometaria awesome (on 2nd thought maybe this will help) - Alsophila pometaria awesome (on 2nd thought maybe this will help) - Alsophila pometaria awesome (on 2nd thought maybe this will help) - Alsophila pometaria
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Contributed by Brenda898 on 15 December, 2012 - 4:28am
Last updated 6 October, 2016 - 1:47pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 6 October, 2016 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

In this image, you can clearly see that the caterpillar
has a small second pair of abdominal prolegs, identifying it as Alsophila. See here also
… john and jane balaban, 15 December, 2012 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

 
so then
my guy is a fall cankerworm?
… Brenda898, 15 December, 2012 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
Good detective work!
… john and jane balaban, 15 December, 2012 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
hmm
doesnt look at all like the caterpillar you guys called a fall cankerworm that I posted a while back. That guy was black.
… Brenda898, 16 December, 2012 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

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