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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Phobetron » Hag Moth - Hodges#4677 (Phobetron pithecium)
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What is it? #3 - Phobetron pithecium
Copyright © 2006 mamarkovics

What is it? #3 - Phobetron pithecium
near the Wakulla River, Wakulla County, Florida, USA
September 17, 2006
Size: ca. 1.5cm long x 1cm wide
I found this crazy thing crawling on one of my plumerias this morning. It seemed more like a water/sea creature than an insect, but it was found in a wooded area at least 100m from the nearby river. Could it be a type of catepillar? If anyone knows what it is, please tell me! I will post 3 pics total.

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Contributed by mamarkovics on 17 September, 2006 - 3:09pm
Last updated 13 August, 2012 - 9:12am

Moved
Moved from Hag Moth.
… john and jane balaban, 17 September, 2006 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't get it
The above comment says "Moved from Hag Moth" but that's where it is now. (seems like it was moved from Hag Moth to Hag Moth, whatever sense that makes)
… Robin McLeod, 17 September, 2006 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes the automatic comments don't always
make sense. Wish we could delete ones that were confusing. Tried to remember what we did to cause this, but can't. We put them on the genus page by accident and then had to move them to the species page. We're thinking that maybe we were moving them at the same time someone else was, but...??? Sorry for the confusion, but you're right -- at least they are now in the right place!
… john and jane balaban, 17 September, 2006 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Two almost simultaneous moves
That is exactly what hapenned to me recently. I moved something from ID request and just as I was clicking "move tagged image" I saw that it was already there, so the automatic comment showed up :-)
… Beatriz Moisset, 18 September, 2006 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phobetron.
… john and jane balaban, 17 September, 2006 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

Looks
like a hag moth caterpillar.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 17 September, 2006 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Yes, it does look like a hag moth caterpillar & thanks for the help!
… mamarkovics, 17 September, 2006 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

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