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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Noctuina » Cerastis » Reddish Speckled Dart - Hodges#10994 (Cerastis tenebrifera)
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Noctuid caterpillar on wood anemone - Cerastis tenebrifera
Copyright © 2012 Charley Eiseman

Noctuid caterpillar on wood anemone - Cerastis tenebrifera
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
April 19, 2012
Size: 3 mm
On 4/18/12 I dug up a couple of Anemone quinquefolia plants to raise some leafminers, and the following evening I noticed that this caterpillar had eaten some holes in one of the leaves and was resting on the underside of a neighboring leaf.
This blog post includes some more explanation and a few additional photos.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 18 December, 2012 - 9:55pm
Last updated 11 January, 2015 - 5:28pm

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