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Shedding Caterpillar - Macremphytus testaceus
Copyright © 2006 Bret McCarty

Shedding Caterpillar - Macremphytus testaceus
Lakewood, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
August 18, 2006
This caterpillar was feeding on a silky dogwood with many others of the same species. First,they are white and then they shed their pwdery white covering and turn into a green caterpillar whith black spots.
Contributed by Bret McCarty on 30 September, 2006 - 9:38pm
Last updated 10 October, 2015 - 12:32pm

Moved
Moved from Macremphytus.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 October, 2009 - 10:25pm

Moved to guide
Apparently there are three spp. of these that feed on Dogwood, so I'm putting them at the genus level.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 1 October, 2006 - 7:19am

Cool!
We've been building up a lot of images of this one. I'm pretty sure now that it's Dogwood Sawfly - it starts out waxy white then becomes black and yellow later. Great shot showing the actual transformation!
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 1 October, 2006 - 7:04am

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