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Caterpillar - bright white with three black
Copyright © 2013 John Hartgerink

Caterpillar - bright white with three black "lashes" - Apatelodes torrefacta
Baton Rouge, Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 24, 2013
Size: About 1.5 inches
Found on a stone trail at the edge of the swamp.
Box elder was one several trees in the immediate vicinity.
Thought it was an American Dagger Moth Caterpillar.
Based on David Wagner, page 324.
But this one does not have a "shinny black head".
(See second image.)

John

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Caterpillar - bright white with three black Caterpillar - bright white with three black Caterpillar - bright white with three black
Contributed by John Hartgerink on 24 August, 2013 - 4:47pm
Last updated 24 August, 2013 - 6:40pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 24 August, 2013 - 6:40pm

Two votes for Apatelodes torrefacta
And that sure looks to be the one.
Glad to see that it likes maple too, because we put it on a box elder.

John
… John Hartgerink, 24 August, 2013 - 5:31pm

Apatelodes torrefacta?
… Yurika Alexander, 24 August, 2013 - 5:11pm

Hmmm
What about a spotted apatelodes (Apatelodes torrefacta)?
… LaciP, 24 August, 2013 - 5:10pm

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